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KUANG-TUNG PENINSULA 11
supervision of Generals Smyrnoff and Kondra-
tienko ;
but, as I will show later, there was only
time to have a small portion of the fortifications
built as permanent structures.
By far the greater part of the defence works
was of a semi-permanent nature. Work was
carried on at Nanshan and Port Arthur, and
lighter fieldworks were constructed in several
intermediate positions. Of the double line of
permanent forts which were planned round Port
Arthur there was only time to attempt to complete
the inner, extending in a semi-circle to the south
of Shuishi valley, while the outer line, which was
to have been constructed on the Fenghoangshan
range further to the north, had to be completely
abandoned. This, as my tale of the siege will
bear out, proved most detrimental to successful
defence operations, because it enabled the
Japanese to place guns within efficient range of
the town and the harbour, depriving the garrison
of a place of safety where the men could live and
work and rest in peace.
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