A Staff Officers Scrap Book During The Russo Japanese War Volume 2 PDF Download

Excerpt from A Staff Officer's Scrap-Book, Vol. 2 of 2: During the Russo-Japanese War The spectator who elbows his way into the playhouse on a crowded first night is mainly taken up with the struggle towards his seat, the effect of his white waistcoat, the purchase of a programme and the disposal of his hat. The curtain rises; the actors play their parts, the scene shifts, the plot thickens. The spectator now sits in the shadow, passive and detached, watching with wrapt attention the development of the drama. And so it was with me. At first the small things seemed to matter most. But afterwards, when images of battle swept to the sound of dreadful clang and shout through the smoke-clouds of the shrapnel; when army rushed to meet army, and in the shock of their encounter strewed the country with corpses - then, I seemed for a moment to see clearly the warrior spirit of Japan as it emerged, triumphant, from the bloody tumult. I speak of what I have seen and heard, and leave the rest to the reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.