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PREFACE
The siege of Port Arthur forms a well-defined
episode, separated from and practically
independent of the other events of the
great war between Russia and Japan. Clear in
outline and complete in itself, it stands out in bold
relief from the more complex and intricate
operations at the main theatre of war. As all the
fighting took place over a comparatively small
area, the events of the siege have been easy to
follow and understand. I, as correspondent of
the Daily Mail, had the privilege of watching the
operations from the first day to the capitulation.
From a military point of view the siege of Port
Arthur derives its greatest interest from the fact
that it is the first regular siege that has been
carried out against a modern fortress during the
last half century. The science of modern military
engineering, all its new improvements in the art of
fortification and in the means of destruction, have
here stood their first practical test, and the
question of the chances of the offensive against the
defensive under modern conditions has to a large
extent been solved. Experts in artillery and
military engineering have been watching the progress
of the siege, as naval experts have watched the
fighting at sea in this war, and with perhaps still
keener interest, because while modern battleships,
cruisers, and torpedo boats have been exposed
to practical tests in fairly recent times, no real
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