On the Japanese War

In 1904, doctor Vikenty Veresaev was called to military service, assigned to a field mobile hospital, and sent to the east. He witnessed the battle on the Sha River, the Battle of Mukden, and the peace negotiations. From the first days, Veresaev plunged into the bloody chaos of hostilities, witnessing the incompetence and indifference of commanders and officers, as well as the heroism of ordinary soldiers. Working in inhuman conditions, Veresaev and other doctors and orderlies saved the lives of the wounded and sick who passed through their hands. «On the Japanese War» — is an honest, candid account, written in the heat of the moment, of a rank-and-file military doctor.