Japanese batteries firing on Russian forts, Siege of Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War mb-code 2357827 was Governor of Gibraltar 1779-83

was Governor of Gibraltar 1779-83 during which time he defended the colony from Spanish attack

The man in the chair

John Fryer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1697

had overspent on the 12 ships by some £235

Candies and dandyzettes promenade in a park

Japanese batteries firing on Russian forts, Siege of Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War mb-code 2357827 was Governor of Gibraltar 1779-83Japanese batteries firing on Russian forts, Siege of Port Arthur, Russo Japanese War, 1904 1905. When the Russians reneged on an agreement to withdraw troops from Manchuria, the Japanese embarked on a lengthy siege of the Russian leased city of Port Arthur. The city eventually surrendered in January 1905. Stereoscopic card detail.