The Official History of the Russo-Japanese War: Part 4: Liao-Yang - Hardcoverby Committee of Imperial Defence (Author) Volume 4 of this Official History details the dearly won Japanese victory at Liaoyang and the fall of Port Arthur shortly thereafter contributed to the major Russian defeat the next year at the Battle of Mukden. This was war being observed by every military establishment and news agency in the world. The level of interest in the Russo Japanese War rested on two facts: First, the idea of a small and rising