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![[Bursting Japanese shell 200 ft. away, seen from Russian trench near Wolf Battery, Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvYnVyc3RpbmctamFwYW5lc2Utc2hlbGwtMjAwLWZ0LWF3YXktc2Vlbi1mcm9tLXJ1c3NpYW4tdHJlbmNoLW5lYXItd29sZi1iYXR0ZXJ5LTY4YjZhOS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/173/jpg "[Bursting Japanese shell 200 ft. away, seen from Russian trench near Wolf Battery, Port Arthur]")
![[Russian wounded at 203 Metre Hill (seen at w. with bursting Japanese shells) - Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvcnVzc2lhbi13b3VuZGVkLWF0LTIwMy1tZXRyZS1oaWxsLXNlZW4tYXQtdy13aXRoLWJ1cnN0aW5nLWphcGFuZXNlLXNoZWxscy1wb3J0LTk2MjY0NS02NDAuanBn/40/22/webp "[Russian wounded at 203 Metre Hill (seen at w. with bursting Japanese shells) - Port Arthur]")
![[Russian warships in harbor; in background smoke from a fire near Golden Hill started by Japanese bombardment, Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvcnVzc2lhbi13YXJzaGlwcy1pbi1oYXJib3ItaW4tYmFja2dyb3VuZC1zbW9rZS1mcm9tLWEtZmlyZS1uZWFyLWdvbGRlbi1oaWxsLWE3MTA5Ni02NDAuanBn/40/21/webp "[Russian warships in harbor; in background smoke from a fire near Golden Hill started by Japanese bombardment, Port Arthur]")
![[Early morning in a Russian battery during the siege of Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvZWFybHktbW9ybmluZy1pbi1hLXJ1c3NpYW4tYmF0dGVyeS1kdXJpbmctdGhlLXNpZWdlLW9mLXBvcnQtYXJ0aHVyLTZmMTRlYy02NDAuanBn/40/38/webp "[Early morning in a Russian battery during the siege of Port Arthur]")
![[Wolf Battery -- view north over "Chinese Wall" often assaulted by Japanese -- Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvd29sZi1iYXR0ZXJ5LXZpZXctbm9ydGgtb3Zlci1jaGluZXNlLXdhbGwtb2Z0ZW4tYXNzYXVsdGVkLWJ5LWphcGFuZXNlLXBvcnQtNjdiNGVlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/22/webp "[Wolf Battery -- view north over \"Chinese Wall\" often assaulted by Japanese -- Port Arthur]")
![[Russian soldiers looking down at a trench filled with corpses of Japanese soldiers, Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvcnVzc2lhbi1zb2xkaWVycy1sb29raW5nLWRvd24tYXQtYS10cmVuY2gtZmlsbGVkLXdpdGgtY29ycHNlcy1vZi1qYXBhbmVzZS1zb2xkaWVycy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/42/webp "[Russian soldiers looking down at a trench filled with corpses of Japanese soldiers, Port Arthur]")
