Beleaguered Port Arthur: a brisk moment in a Russian battery Within touch of Port Arthur: Japanese outposts creeping up to the forts The czar’s viceroy at his former headquarters: admiral Alexeieff at Port Arthur. Before Port Arthur a second time: marshal Oyama, commander of the Japanese field forces. A batch of spies on their way to punishment before Port Arthur. The assailant of Port Arthur: general Nogi. Russian humanity towards a foe in the trenches before Port Arthur. The Ghastliest post before Port Arthur: the thirty-minute trench.