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2023.055.3.0057Description
Black and white stereograph. Imagie is of a coastal town, a stone wall overlooks a bridge over a canal in the midground, in the background is a large number of boats, a mountain overlooks the scene. Below the image "Looking south over bocks to fortified height. Held by Russians Port Arthur Mancheria. Copyright 1904 by Underwood and Underwood" is printed. To the left of the image "Underwood & Underwood Publishers New York. London. Toronto-Canada. Ottawa-Kansas." is printed. To the right of the image "Works and Studios Arlington, N.J. Littleton, N.H. Washington D.C." is printed.
On the reverse the following is printed - "You are at the extreme southern end of the Manchurian district which has been seized by Russia. The harbor here is narrow and irregular in shape with hills all around it much like that one you see now at the south. The inner (western) arm of the harbor is at your right; most of the town is behind you; the harbor entrance is below the right end of that steep hill crowned by the threatening fort. For two years before the outbreak of hostilites the Russians had been steadily at work here, strengthening their possession of this immensely important point. The batteries over opposite on Kwang-chin (Golden Hill) are two hundred feet above the water and are equipped with guns of the most effective modern pattern, supplemented by a powerful searchlight wthich can sweep the sea-approach with sharp watchfulness on the darkest night. Other batteries occupy heights on other sides of the harbor entrance, forming what would once have been impregnable defences. The labor of constructing the docks which you see down here in the town was performed mostly by Chinese coolies like these nearer bystanders.
Attacks were made on the batteries at the opening of the Russo-Japanese war in February, 1901. In spite of all their strength, Japanese torpedo boats came near enough (Feb. 8) to put out of action several Russian vessels lying outside the harbor and a week later a Japanese squadron bombarded forts and town from a point beyond the reach of the batteries' return fire. Japanese shells burst among the Russian guns on that hll yonder and others fell in the town here, causing frightful havoc by their explosion.
Only ten years ago the Japanese and Chinese were fighting at this very same place, but the harbor has been greatly improved since the Russian occupation and batteries are nearly all newly construeted since the Russians took possession.
(In italics) From Notes of Travel, No. 5, copyrighted 1904, by Underwood & Underwood.
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Looking south over Docks to Forts at Port Arthur.
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