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
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Calibre, etc. | Equivalent. | Number.
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120 millimetres | 4·7-inch | 5
75 " | 3-inch | 38
47 " |Small quick-firing | 60
37 " | " | 91
6-inch | 6-inch | 17
2·5-inch | 2·5-inch | 10
24-centimetres | 9·4-inch | 1
21-centimetres | 8·2-inch | 1
9-pounder | 9-pound | 2
Machine | Machine | 4
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Circular
by the Officer Commanding the Division of Battleships and Cruisers in
Port Arthur, November 17, 1904.
_No. 241._
In continuation of Order No. 70 and Circular No. 205, the following
guns have been taken over by the Kwantun District authorities:
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From the | Mounted on | Guns.
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_Retvisan_|Fort B |2 47-mm.
_Peresvet_|Rear Battery |3 37-mm. and 1 75-mm.
_Poltava_ |Sapper Battery |1 75-mm.
_Pobieda_ |Battery No. 1 (Tiger's Peninsula) |2 47-mm.
_Pallada_ |Big Pigeon Bay |1 47-mm.
_Bayan_ |Hill in rear of Fortification No. 3|3 47-mm.
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APPENDIX IV
The following pages will give some idea as to the real state of the
Fortress as regards Supplies, Munitions of War, and Men, when the
surrender took place.
Supplies.
This table, drawn up by the Fortress Intendant, shows the amount of
food in the supply depôts exclusive of what was in possession of
private firms:
_To the Commandant of the Fortress._
TABLE SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES IN THE PORT ARTHUR SUPPLY DEPÔTS
ON DECEMBER 31, 1904.
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