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![[C. Bascom Slemp] - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvYy1iYXNjb20tc2xlbXAtNC02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "[C. Bascom Slemp] - Public domain portrait photograph")
![[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]")
![[Russia's fleet lying under great Golden Hill forts, being sunk by Japanese shells -- Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvcnVzc2lhcy1mbGVldC1seWluZy11bmRlci1ncmVhdC1nb2xkZW4taGlsbC1mb3J0cy1iZWluZy1zdW5rLWJ5LWphcGFuZXNlLXNoZWxscy1hZDkwMjctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/38/webp "[Russia's fleet lying under great Golden Hill forts, being sunk by Japanese shells -- Port Arthur]")
![[The tartget of Russian guns -- Japanese vessel wrecked on rocks below Golden Hill -- Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdGhlLXRhcnRnZXQtb2YtcnVzc2lhbi1ndW5zLWphcGFuZXNlLXZlc3NlbC13cmVja2VkLW9uLXJvY2tzLWJlbG93LWdvbGRlbi1oaWxsLTY0NGYwZC02NDAuanBn/40/22/webp "[The tartget of Russian guns -- Japanese vessel wrecked on rocks below Golden Hill -- 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]")
![[In besieged Port Arthur - Russians praying over dead comrades brought back from the front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvaW4tYmVzaWVnZWQtcG9ydC1hcnRodXItcnVzc2lhbnMtcHJheWluZy1vdmVyLWRlYWQtY29tcmFkZXMtYnJvdWdodC1iYWNrLWZyb20tMGFjZDhhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/39/webp "[In besieged Port Arthur - Russians praying over dead comrades brought back from the front]")
