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Title: A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Hamilton, Ian, Sir, 1853-1947
Subjects: Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Publisher: London : Edward Arnold
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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heoutside of your door. The Chinaman seemed muchdisturbed, and after some hesitation he begged thatthe paper might be destroyed, as he had changed hismind and would place his quarters at the disposal ofthe soldiers. On inquiry the Colonel found that blackcharacters on white paper are just about as unlucky acombination as it is possible for a Chinaman to en-counter. Presumably, if this villager ever reachesLondon town, his literature will be confined to thePink Un and the Westminster Gazette. CoAL-MiNES, December oth, 1904.—The thermo-meter touched zero for the first time last night. Thereis a cave in front of our army which is occupied by theRussians at night and by the Japanese in the day-time. The Russians recently left the cave in a verydirty condition, so the Japanese wrote a note askingthat their mutual abode might be kept cleaner. Thisnote was deposited upon the ground, together with abottle of brandy, when they marched out in theevening. Next morning the cave was clean, and a
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Nakamura Encounters Santa Clatjs 293 rouble was lying on the ground to pay for the brandy.There was also a note saying that in future the caveshould be kept clean, but that all the same theJapanese were devils to kill all the wounded.Hagino is now inditing an epistle, with enclosures,showing the number of Russian wounded who areactually in Japanese hospitals. This also will be leftin the cave post-office. CoAL-MiNES, December Sth, 1904.—Bitter, bittercold. I hear that the troops at the front are seriouslyembarrassed by the fact that the rice on its passageto the advanced trenches turns into ponderous marbleblocks upon which a bayonet produces no great effect.Imagine being served up a chunk of marble for dinnerwith the thermometer at zero ! CoAL-MiNES, December 9th, 1904.—Two hundredducks and chickens, our winters store, were put onthe roof by the cook last night, and they are all, everysingle one, frozen to death this morning! CoAL-MiNES, December 19th, 1904.—Have beenvery busy

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