A secret agent in Port Arthur (Registro nro. 119108)
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | war07000073 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gerrare, Wirt, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1862-1935 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A secret agent in Port Arthur |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| Source | rdacarrier |
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| General note | Release date is 2026-04-08 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "A Secret Agent in Port Arthur" by Wirt Gerrare is a first-person war memoir and journalistic account written in the early 20th century. It follows an incognito newspaper operative moving through Russia and Manchuria—above all the besieged fortress of Port Arthur—during the Russo-Japanese War, mixing eyewitness reporting with reflections on espionage, censorship, and military life. Expect frank portraits of officers and correspondents, sharp observations of cities and railways, and granular detail on how news was gathered under fire.<br/><br/>The opening of this account sets out the author’s purpose to record personal experiences rather than a formal history, then examines the blurred line between secret agents, spies, and accredited correspondents under tight Russian regulations and censorship. It sketches the costly, risky craft of war reporting, profiles prominent newsmen—especially Dr. G. E. Morrison of the Times—and explains how messages were drafted and dispatched. The narrative then shifts to a traverse of Siberia and Manchuria via the Trans-Siberian, noting blockhouses, the rapid growth of Harbin, a slack, unready Vladivostok, and Russian overconfidence, including rough troop dispositions. A detailed portrait of Port Arthur follows: its harbor and forts, drab lodging and lively entertainments, and the contrasting leadership styles of Viceroy Alexeiev and the feared disciplinarian General Stoessel. At the start of hostilities, the narrator is in Mukden, decides to turn south, and infers war from delayed trains and a telegraph halt before reaching a deserted Port Arthur terminus during the first bombardment. He witnesses damaged battleships in the harbor, distant Japanese ships offshore, shattered waterfronts, and civilian panic amid relatively light reported casualties. The section closes with a blizzard, improvised hiding places, and a sense of chaos—and missed Japanese chances—while the town gropes toward a defense. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1905 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Lüshun (China) -- History -- Siege, 1904-1905 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/secretagentinpor00gerrrich">https://archive.org/details/secretagentinpor00gerrrich</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78388">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78388</a> |
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