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From that time there could be no doubt that the intention of theJapanese was to make their first attack upon the enemy by marchi Kiyomori was for leadingtroops to arrest his Majesty, and to escort him as a prisoner to theToba palace or the Taira mansion. Various considerations deterred him. Their own history alleges that theyimproved upon the Chinese model by nailing sheet iron over the roofsand sides of the 'turtle-shell' craft

Nor did such an exchange seemunreasonable, for were Russia expelled from the northern part ofSaghalien, which commands the estuary of the Amur, her position inSiberia would have been compromised. He has been called the Horace of Japan. It was not until the middle of May thatthe Kinchou isthmus and Dalny came into Japanese hands, nor was thesiege army under General Nogi marshalled until the close of June. How much more cogent, then, was the similar necessity underwhich lesser men laboured.