The Truth About Port ArthurNozhin, E. K. (Evgenii Konstantinovich)
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The Truth About Port Arthur
Nozhin, E. K. (Evgenii Konstantinovich)
Lüshun (China) -- History -- Siege, 1904-1905
Ammunition was sent to bring up the number of rounds per gun as follows:
Rounds.
42-line, light, and 87-millimetre non-cartridge guns 200
6-inch field howitzers 155
87-millimetre cartridge guns 140
Rockets 400
To fight the guns at Kinchou, a provisional company was formed of 4
officers and 392 non-commissioned officers and men. In February the
Port Arthur Sortie Battery of eight 3-inch quick-firing guns and a
provisional field battery of four 57-millimetre Chinese guns were also
organized.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 50: Figures are given exactly as in the Report.]
[Footnote 51: For table of British equivalents see p. 385.]
[Footnote 52: By this table, the armament was 201 guns short of its
proper number, and of the 413 only 110 were mounted.]
[Footnote 53: This does not exactly agree with the map supplied by the
author.--E. D.S.]
APPENDIX III
_Showing the 'matériel' and 'personnel' landed from the fleet for the
land defence of Port Arthur._
_Order No. 70._
In continuation of Order No. 32 of August 20 by Rear-Admiral Prince
Ukhtomsky, temporarily in command of the Pacific Ocean Squadron, the
following is the detailed list of fortifications, showing the numbers
and distribution of naval guns, searchlights, and _personnel_ in them:
The 'Retvisan.'
-------------------+------------+---------+---------------------
| | | _Personnel._
Names of Batteries.| Guns. | Search- +-----+-------+-------
| | lights. |Guns.|Search-|Mines.
| | | |lights.|
-------------------+------------+---------+-----+-------+-------
Battery No. 20 |1 24-cm. | -- | 18 | -- | --
Takhe Pipe |6 37-mm. | -- | 12 | -- | --
Fort No. 1 |3 47-mm., | 1 90-cm.| 21 | 10 | --
|6 37-mm. | | | |
Between Dragon's | | | | |
Back and No. 19 |4 47-mm. | -- | 12 | -- | --
Between Dragon's | | | | |
Back and No. 1 |1 37-mm. | -- | 2 | -- | --
Takhe Cliff |2 47-mm. | -- | 5 | -- | --
To the right of | | | | |
Fort No. 1 |2 47-mm. | -- | 5 | -- | --
To the left of | | | | |
Fort No. 1 |2 47-mm. | -- | 4 | -- | --
Open Caponier | -- | 1 40-cm.| -- | 6 | --
Dragon's Back |2 6-inch | -- | 12 | 6 | --
A Battery |2 47-mm., | 1 40-cm.| 21 | 6 | --
|7 37-mm., | | | |
|1 2-1/2-inch| | | |
Fortification No.
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