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![[Russian officers watching Japanese assault on one of the forts -- during the siege of Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvcnVzc2lhbi1vZmZpY2Vycy13YXRjaGluZy1qYXBhbmVzZS1hc3NhdWx0LW9uLW9uZS1vZi10aGUtZm9ydHMtZHVyaW5nLXRoZS1zaWVnZS0yYjgxZDItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/170/jpg "[Russian officers watching Japanese assault on one of the forts -- during the siege of 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]")
![[Russian soldiers looking down at a trench filled with corpses of Japanese soldiers, Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvcnVzc2lhbi1zb2xkaWVycy1sb29raW5nLWRvd24tYXQtYS10cmVuY2gtZmlsbGVkLXdpdGgtY29ycHNlcy1vZi1qYXBhbmVzZS1zb2xkaWVycy02NDAuanBn/40/20/webp "[Russian soldiers looking down at a trench filled with corpses of Japanese soldiers, Port Arthur]")
![[Inside one of the Russian trenches many tiems assaulted - scene during the siege, Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvaW5zaWRlLW9uZS1vZi10aGUtcnVzc2lhbi10cmVuY2hlcy1tYW55LXRpZW1zLWFzc2F1bHRlZC1zY2VuZS1kdXJpbmctdGhlLXNpZWdlLTE2ODU0OC02NDAuanBn/40/23/webp "[Inside one of the Russian trenches many tiems assaulted - scene during the siege, Port Arthur]")
![[A sentinel over the dead -- guarding comrades who died defending Russian forts -- Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvYS1zZW50aW5lbC1vdmVyLXRoZS1kZWFkLWd1YXJkaW5nLWNvbXJhZGVzLXdoby1kaWVkLWRlZmVuZGluZy1ydXNzaWFuLWZvcnRzLTA2ZGU4YS02NDAuanBn/40/21/webp "[A sentinel over the dead -- guarding comrades who died defending Russian forts -- Port Arthur]")
![[In a Russian fort during the great siege - marks of Japanese shells at right - Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvaW4tYS1ydXNzaWFuLWZvcnQtZHVyaW5nLXRoZS1ncmVhdC1zaWVnZS1tYXJrcy1vZi1qYXBhbmVzZS1zaGVsbHMtYXQtcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/21/webp "[In a Russian fort during the great siege - marks of Japanese shells at right - Port Arthur]")
![[Russia's fleet lying under great Golden Hill forts, being sunk by Japanese shells -- Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvcnVzc2lhcy1mbGVldC1seWluZy11bmRlci1ncmVhdC1nb2xkZW4taGlsbC1mb3J0cy1iZWluZy1zdW5rLWJ5LWphcGFuZXNlLXNoZWxscy1kZTk3MjctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/22/webp "[Russia's fleet lying under great Golden Hill forts, being sunk by Japanese shells -- Port Arthur]")
