service in their navy. According to I spondent of the London "Times," "no surrender has been recorded in history." tifully supplied with ammunition and P 41,641 combatants, only 15,307 were sic view of these revelations, General Stössel been eulogized as "the Hero of Port martialed on his return to Russia, but ex hero of the defense was said to have be chenko, who was killed on December 18, Late in January the Russians defendi offensive. The Second Army, under ( 85,000 strong with 350 guns, crossed th and attacked the Second Army of Japan at the left of the Japanese line. The v was taken on the 25th, but the attack was defense of Sandepu by a small Japanes nese Commander-in-Chief, Marshal Oya left, and on the 27th drove the Russians with a loss of 10,000 men. The Japa Gripenberg complained that he had not ported by Kuropatkin, and resigned his In February Nogi's gallant army of from the siege of Port Arthur, arrived a stries of the city. Led by a deposed priest, ■, a great army of the strikers marched to the e on Sunday, January 22, known thereafter as 7," bearing a petition to the Czar for relief. een stationed to prevent their approach, and on the unarmed and orderly petitioners, killing many hundreds of men, women, and children. insurrection spread to Moscow, Odessa, Sebasand even the distant Caucasus, where, though el of despotism attempted to stamp it out, it gain and again throughout the year. All the ts of Russia, its professional and business s than its literary and artistic circles, joined ans in a demand for representative government. ukes, the relatives of the Czar who exerted an over him, were the special objects of popOn February 17, Sergius, uncle of the Czar, ed by a bomb while driving through the streets ry 20, the Third Army of Japan under Nogi n at Sha-hei-po, a little town west of Liaoyang, the observation of the enemy by cavalry and of Oku's forces. In a similar position at the e Japanese line, was the new Fifth Army, com Nogi's trained and fearless scalers of th Arthur to lead the way. To confirm the in his error, Kawamura began operation by crossing the frozen Tai-tse River. Ku oughly convinced that the turning movem east, brought up his reserves to his left. strength the Japanese reserves played thei fighting day after day and taking posi until on March 10 they captured Fushun, gave up the struggle and retired toward T Kuroki on Kawamura's left had forced h River and now took his old place in the new broke forth with all his artillery on Febr for the advance of his left-hand neighbor By March 6 Oku was threatening to ou position in the Sha valley, southwest of held fast by the stubborn Russian defens deed, was himself put on the defensive by of Kuropatkin to pierce the Japanese Oku's men stood their ground, and the R a waste of energy, greatly needed to rep movement of the Japanese, that led by ary 26 this general had started due nort and Liao Rivers, meeting with no oppos |