CONTENTS

EDITOR'S PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

HUMAN BULLETS

MOBILIZATION

OUR DEPARTURE

THE VOYAGE

A DANGEROUS LANDING

THE VALUE OF PORT ARTHUR

THE BATTLE OF NANSHAN

NANSHAN AFTER THE BATTLE

DIGGING AND SCOUTING

THE FIRST CAPTIVES

OUR FIRST BATTLE AT WAITU-SHAN

THE OCCUPATION OF KENZAN

COUNTER-ATTACKS ON KENZAN

ON THE DEFENSIVE

LIFE IN CAMP

SOME BRAVE MEN AND THEIR MEMORIAL

THE BATTLE OF TAIPO-SHAN

THE OCCUPATION OF TAIPO-SHAN

THE FIELD AFTER THE BATTLE

THE FIRST AID STATION

FOLLOWING UP THE VICTORY

THE STORMING OF TAKU-SHAN

SUN FLAG ON TAKU-SHAN

PROMOTION AND FAREWELLS

THE BEGINNING OF THE GENERAL ASSAULT

A RAIN OF HUMAN BULLETS

THE FORLORN HOPE

LIFE OUT OF DEATH

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

FOOTNOTES:

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:

—Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected.

—Illustration of title page are Japanese characters (kanji) for “Human Bullet”.

—Illustrations at the beginning of each chapter are Japanese kanji indicating the chapter number. Translation has been provided as caption.

—The transcriber of this project created the book cover image using the front cover of the original book. The image is placed in the public domain.