Lopatin, Captain, sacrificed to save Fock, 93 Loschinsky, Admiral, 1; mines the shores, 14; draws up a scheme for mining Port Arthur waters, 20, 36; defeats attempt to block the entrance to the harbour, 41 _et seq._; urges Witgeft to capture the damaged _Fugi_, 51; appointed to command, 187; at the last meeting of Council of Defence, 304; his opinion, 307 Machabelly, Prince, retakes Pan-lun-shan Redoubt, 167; circumstances of his death, 167 Mackalinsky, Prince, intermediary between Fortress Staff and navy, 148 Makharoff, Vice-Admiral, arrival of, to command the fleet, 20; his death, 35; his attitude towards England, 226 Malaieff, Lieutenant, heroism of, 23; his death, 34 _Manchuria_, the, capture of, 20 Medical organization of the Fortress, 315; neglect to equip hospitals, 316 Mekhmanaroff, Colonel, present at last meeting of Council of Defence, 304; his opinion, 306, 307 Menshoff, M., appointed Hospital Inspector, 318 Metre (203) Hill, 106; its great value, 106, 135, 156; state of, 157; furious attacks on (September 20), 195; assault of (September 21), 196; fight for, 243 _et seq._; Nogi determines to take it, 243; Stössel's apathy, 244; calls a conference and proposes retirement, 246; defence of, by Colonel Tretiakoff, 248; bombardment renewed (December 2), 250; truce to bury dead, 251; occupied by Japanese, 255; Kondratenko's mistake, 256; retirement of Russians, 257; effect of loss on the fleet, 260 Mickeladsey, Prince, in charge of police gendarmes, 38 Mine-layers (Japanese), the work of, 32, 38 Mines, land, 198 Mining (siege operations), 210, 213, 214, 215, 216 Mobilization scheme for Fortress, want of, 194; of reserves, 374 _Mongolia_, the, hospital ship, 193 Mount Samson, 62, 64 Munitions of war, report of General Biely, 386 (Appendix IV.) Murman, Colonel, Stössel's treatment of, 223 Nadein, General, at last meeting of Council of Defence, 304; his opinion, 307 Nakamura, General, his order for assault of November 24, 240 Nangalin Heights, value of, 88; armed by the Japanese, 234 ---- railway-station, 76 Nan-shan, Battle of. See Kinchou Naval engagement of February 25, 17; of March 22, 27 ---- guns mounted in the forts, 201, 262, 366 (Appendix II.) ---- officers (Russian) want of training, 59; their differences with the army, 59; inefficiency of, 97, 154 Navy, Russian, want of reforms in, 153 Negotiations with Japan fail, 3 Nekrashevitch-Poklad, Lieutenant-Colonel, at last Council of Defence, 304 Newspaper censorship, 148, 163, 189 Nickitin, General: his duties, 226; at last meeting of Council of Defence, 304; his opinion, 307