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infantry unit sinks one of your ships by firing artillery from the shoreline, that sounds rather humiliating.

The Russians know all about that in the battle at Port Arthur against the Japs.

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Re: "The Russians know all about that in the battle at Port Arthur against the Japs."

True.

But it also took the Japanese 5 months - and thousands of dead soldiers - to seize the surrounding hills.

Photo:

Russian cruiser Pallada under fire at Port Arthur