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SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.
OFFICIAL VERSION OF MUKDEN AND TSUSHIMA.
„A“STUDY. IN STRATEGY,
The third volume of "*Official History. Naval and Military of the Russo- Japanese War" prepared by the Histo rical Section of the Committee of Im perial Defence,... 2. Whitehall. Gardens, S.W.. is thus reviewed in the Varai and Miltary Record by Sir Herbert
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The preparation of this volume was completed in 1914, but publication has been unavoidably delayed owing to the Jate war."
With this brief explanatory note the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence inroduce Volume III.'
1991
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fectly understood the strategical prob- Jemk it expounds.
BORNEO
TIENTSIN
An amriense volume of 20 pages, it deals the last phase of the struggle be- tween Russia and Japan. Opening with summary of the main operations on land up to the end of 1001, and the situa tion after the battle of Shn Ho, it re- views in full detail the position of the BANGKOK opposing armies and "the disposition of the naval forces at the beginning of 1905,
The Arst major operation dealt with is the battle of San-de-Fu, January 25th- 28th This abortive conflict, fought under bitter winter conditions, was prob ably the most sanguinary field fight of the entire campaign. It cost the Rus- sians eleven thousand casualties and the Japanese nine thousand. The offensive was taken by the Russians in the hope of gaining the initiative by a victory that would change the whole course, of the struggle. But when the fighting Snally died down, both sides remained practically in the positions they had pre- viously occupied. The battle was, there- fore, a mere episode, very costly measur ed by a relative standard, and produc tave of na material result upon the situa tion On the Russian side it was an opportunity missed and a sheer waate of life. Six days before taking up his battle positions Kouropatkin, in a cir-" cular to his army commanders expressed the view that the operations about to take place would have a decisive effect.
The battle of Mukden' the longest and the biggest fight in history prior to the Great War, was, in intention, an offensive action on the part of the Russians. It amounted on their side to a belated re- newal of the effort launched at San-de- Ph. The Official History raises the con- aidefation as to whether, the "Russians were strategically correct in standing to fight around Mukden in February, 1005. When Kuropatkin resolved upon this course, he apparently had no definite knowledge as to whether General Nogi's third army bad arrived in the war area, In any case with the numerical super- iority which he possessed, his only ex cuse for withdrawing northwards with out a struggle would have been that his troops would not face, the enemy- a plea le was not then prepared to make, whatever he may have thought.
Having resolved to stand and seek a décision on the Sha Hb. it became an imminent problem for Kuropatkin. whe ther he bould take the offensive or let the Japanese open the attack. There are conditions under which the prospects of recovering the initiative may be improv ed rather than otherwise by allowing the enemy to strike first. On the whole, the Russian general was justified in the .course he decided span. Even on the assumption that the Japanese Third Army and reinforced Marshal Oyama, preponderance of numbers would still be heavily favour of the Russiaos.
Where Kuropatkin was wrong was in time. Instead of at once forcing the failing to realize the vital importance of Japanese upon an improvised defensive, he wasted three weeks in discussion Bod preparation. Moreover, his plans revent a curious lack of realisation of the under- lying causes of failure at San-de-Pa, since ha determined to exert his offensive on the same lines; :
By this procrastination, the Russians not only allowed their numerical advan- tage to be neutralized by the moving up of "tha Japanese Third and Yala Armies, but enabled the enemy to act first, and “Koʻseize the initiative.
The Japanese plan was to feint at Penveloping the Russians in the East, and
then launch their main attack along the ".. Sha-Ho-Mukden-Tich-ling railway en- veloping it from the west. No frontal attack was to be made against the strong entrenchments of the Russian centre. If the turning movement succeeded Kuro- patkin would be forced to withdraw from his permanent works. Kuraki's detached movement across the Taitzu-Ho... was daring, but tactical liberty like many other minor movements in the battle:
The prolonged struggle was indecisive. The failure of the Japanese to attain the full success for which they fought was mainly due to lack of numbers and haustion. Indeed, their escape from de- feat is only attributable to the nature of their plan in its bearing upon the charac fer of their opponents. Against a better organized force, under more resolute, more enterprising, and less impression able leadership, Oyama's tactics would have courted crushing defeat As it was, the inconclusive result of the great Japanese effort was the chief cause of their willingness to concede magnanimour terms of peace.
The moral of the strategy displayed throughout the Russo-Japanese war is thus admirably summed up in the Vincial History ** The absence of decisive re- suits achieved in the land operations of the war, indeed, can to a great extent be attributed to the fact that an Army, which wis at its worst in pursuit was fighting, an army which was at its best in rear
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Kleven steamers of 9,100 tons each deadweight. And ander the Company's Management.
funny steamers of about 2.100 tona daadweight mach. “steammers” of about 6,400 tons deadweight each.
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