Lectures on the Strategy of the Russo-Japanese War (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Speaking generally, the direction taken by roads is deter mined by the trend of the mountain ranges, which, to a certain extent, condition the ?ow of the water rained on to their sides, the river mouths, as a rule, also affording the best havens. Roads usually follow the line of the least resistance that is, the water channels — but lateral communications between river valleys cross the intervening ranges of moun tains or hills at their lowest points. Hence, to discover the general direction of roads, it is first of all necessary to Obtain a clear idea of the coast-line, mountains, and rivers of an area. The coast-line Of Manchuria and Korea from Shan-hai kuan, eastwards, extends for 2300 miles, of which 1700 belong to Korea. [see Map 1. Though in this long stretch there are many indentations, there are but few good har bours, except in the south of Korea. Elsewhere the coast is of a shelving character, with ?at mud shore sloping gradually for miles out to sea, afid' hardly covered with water even at high tide.

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