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THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND THE
JAPANESE WAR
GENERAL KUROPATKIN REVIEWING HIS TROOPS.
THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND
THE JAPANESE WAR,
BEING HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL COMMENTS ON
THE MILITARY POLICY AND POWER OF RUSSIA
AND ON THE CAMPAIGN IN THE FAR EAST,
BY GENERAL KUROPATKIN.
TRANSLATED BY
CAPTAIN A. B. LINDSAY,
2ND KING EDWARD’S OWN GURKHA RIFLES
TRANSLATOR OF “THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA”;
“THE TRUTH ABOUT PORT ARTHUR,” ETC.
EDITED BY
MAJOR E. D. SWINTON, D.S.O., R.E.,
AUTHOR OF “THE DEFENCE OF DUFFER’S DRIFT”;
AND EDITOR OF “THE TRUTH ABOUT PORT ARTHUR.”
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
IN TWO VOLUMES: VOL. II.
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
1909
Printed in Great Britain