_Hatsuse_, Japanese battleship, destroyed by mines, 50 Hill 113, key of the Suantsegan position, 126 Hill, 203 Metre. See Metre Hospital, shell falls into, 253; organization in the Fortress, 315; deficiency of accommodation, 316; state of the (in December), 317 Howitzers (11-inch) on Golden Hill, premature bursting of shells, 165; use of generally, 367 (Appendix II.) Investment begun, 156 Intelligence Services (Russian), badness of, 90, 92 ---- (Japanese), 92 Irman, Colonel, his gallantry at 203 Metre Hill, 253; present at the last meeting of the Council of Defence, 304; his opinion, 306 _Itsukushima_, the, damaged by mine, 186 Japanese nation, dissatisfaction of, at slow progress of siege, 177; action of Mikado's Government, 177; views of, before the war, 224 ---- officers in disguise in the Fortress, 9 ---- troops held in contempt at first, 12; ignorance of Russian army about, 13 Jerebtsoff, Colonel, commanding Sapper Company, 294; ordered to do the impossible, 295; his energy and gallantry, 297; unrewarded, 298 Karseladse, Prince, his telegram to Bogdanovitch, 19 Khvostoff, Chief of Fortress Staff, 5; arrives with Smirnoff, 23; his work, 29, 199; at last meeting of Council of Defence, 304 Kinchou, importance of, 8; realized by Smirnoff, 28, 37; Tretiakoff's efforts to fortify, 37, 47, 56; the confusion at, 58; battle of (commencement), 61 _et seq._; (continuation), 67 _et seq._; Fock's behaviour during the battle, 71 Kondratenko, General, 1, 18; Smirnoff's personal assistant, 23; his share in fortifying and arming the Fortress, 25, 29, 87; overruled by Fock, 108; on resisting an attack on Green Hills, 111; his anger with Fock, 112; at the attack on the Green Hills on July 26, 114; prevents deadlock between Stössel and Smirnoff, 199; persuades Stössel as to Fock's uselessness, 199; at the meeting of Council of Defence (December 8), 268; his last evening, 275; his death, 276 Kuen-san Hill, 89; abandoned, 93; attempt to recapture fails, 94; results of the loss of, 104; commands the Green Hills, 108 Kuropatkin orders Stössel to hand over command to Smirnoff, 174; inspection of the Fortress, 195, 364; his telegram as to relieving the Fortress, 209; refers to St. Petersburg as to recall of Stössel, 209; result, 210; informs Smirnoff of Stössel's official deceit, 282 ---- Lunette, 230 Kuteynikoff, engineer, repairs the ships, 22 Lao-tieh-shan Hill, 7; guns mounted on, 22; rapidly fortified after Smirnoff's arrival, 26; Fock and Smirnoff disagree as to strengthening (in December), 269 Laperoff, Colonel, at Battle of Kinchou, 68, 73 Letters, censorship of, 91 Liao-yang, the retirement from, 231 _Lieutenant Burakoff_, the, loss of, 110 Long Hill, Japanese attacks on (September 20), 195