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![[Russian gun with 9 in. shell ready to load -- at Wolf Battery during the siege of Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvcnVzc2lhbi1ndW4td2l0aC05LWluLXNoZWxsLXJlYWR5LXRvLWxvYWQtYXQtd29sZi1iYXR0ZXJ5LWR1cmluZy10aGUtc2llZ2UtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/180/jpg "[Russian gun with 9 in. shell ready to load -- at Wolf Battery during the siege of Port Arthur]")
![Fred Vogelsong, 65 years old. 18 years on tram cars operat[...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzcvMDEvMDEvZnJlZC12b2dlbHNvbmctNjUteWVhcnMtb2xkLTE4LXllYXJzLW9uLXRyYW0tY2Fycy1vcGVyYXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Fred Vogelsong, 65 years old. 18 years on tram cars operat[...]")
![[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]")
![[Early morning in a Russian battery during the siege of Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvZWFybHktbW9ybmluZy1pbi1hLXJ1c3NpYW4tYmF0dGVyeS1kdXJpbmctdGhlLXNpZWdlLW9mLXBvcnQtYXJ0aHVyLWJmNDdlMC02NDAuanBn/40/22/webp "[Early morning in a Russian battery during the siege of Port Arthur]")
![[Within a damaged Russian battery (Fort No. 3) just after a fierce assault -- Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvd2l0aGluLWEtZGFtYWdlZC1ydXNzaWFuLWJhdHRlcnktZm9ydC1uby0zLWp1c3QtYWZ0ZXItYS1maWVyY2UtYXNzYXVsdC1wb3J0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/22/webp "[Within a damaged Russian battery (Fort No. 3) just after a fierce assault -- Port Arthur]")
![[A soldier-cobbler mending boots in a Russian redoubt during a lull in the firing - Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvYS1zb2xkaWVyLWNvYmJsZXItbWVuZGluZy1ib290cy1pbi1hLXJ1c3NpYW4tcmVkb3VidC1kdXJpbmctYS1sdWxsLWluLXRoZS1maXJpbmctMDQzODRmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/21/webp "[A soldier-cobbler mending boots in a Russian redoubt during a lull in the firing - Port Arthur]")
![[Russian soldiers preparing fortifications(?) in Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvcnVzc2lhbi1zb2xkaWVycy1wcmVwYXJpbmctZm9ydGlmaWNhdGlvbnMtaW4tcG9ydC1hcnRodXItMjI5ODgyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/22/webp "[Russian soldiers preparing fortifications(?) in Port Arthur]")
![[Inside a Russian fort during the siege - shell marks around a dummy gun - Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjYvaW5zaWRlLWEtcnVzc2lhbi1mb3J0LWR1cmluZy10aGUtc2llZ2Utc2hlbGwtbWFya3MtYXJvdW5kLWEtZHVtbXktZ3VuLXBvcnQtNTA3OWQ4LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/22/webp "[Inside a Russian fort during the siege - shell marks around a dummy gun - Port Arthur]")
