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The siege of Port Arthur in 1904...
The siege of Port Arthur in 1904...
Item # 719589
August 11, 1904
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 11, 1904
* Siege of Port Arthur
* Russo-Japanese War
The top of the front page is a three column headline: "DESPERATE SORTIE BY PORT ARTHUR FLEET" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 6 pages, 2 small library stamps within the masthead, a few small binding slits along the spine, generally nice.
AI notes: The Siege of Port Arthur was a decisive and brutal confrontation during the Russo-Japanese War, in which Japanese forces sought to capture the heavily fortified Russian naval base on the Liaodong Peninsula. Japanese troops, numbering around 150,000, faced roughly 33,000 Russian defenders, including sailors and Marines, entrenched in a network of modern fortifications. Initial Japanese frontal assaults met with fierce resistance and heavy casualties, prompting a shift to sustained artillery bombardments, trench approaches, and mining operations to breach the Russian defenses. The siege saw unprecedented levels of attrition and intense combat, with both sides suffering tens of thousands of casualties—approximately 60,000 Japanese and over 30,000 Russian killed, wounded, or captured. The eventual Russian surrender in January 1905 marked a major strategic victory for Japan, eliminating a key Russian naval presence in the region, demonstrating Japan’s military modernization, and signaling its emergence as a major power in East Asia, while foreshadowing the trench warfare and artillery tactics that would dominate later conflicts.
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