Show GENERAL STOESSEL DEAD famous russian commander who surrendered porth arthur to japs london the death of lieutenant general anatole so eel the defender of port arthur is announced in a petrograd dispatch general stoessel fito esse had suffered f from rom paralysis for months general stoessel was famous as the commander of the russian troops at port arthur during the russo japanese war after he had held out there tor for months against the furious onslaughts of df the japanese his ammunition supply exhausted and his men virtually without ith food stoessel Sto easel surrendered rendered Bur the fortress to general nogi for this action he was condemned to death february 20 1908 by a court martial this sentence however was as commuted by emperor nicholas to ten years imprisonment he was re leased eased from confinement from the fortress of st peter and st paul the tol fol lowing ear by order of emperor nicholas |