Show would abandon port arthur gen Drago one of the chief military authorities in russia is said to have been from the outset in favor of the abandonment of port arthur and to have declared after the first japanese attack that it was untenable and that efforts to hold it would prove costly and finally ineffective dra go would have had the fleet make for the open sea and fight there this general was one of the principal figures in the russo turkish war commanded the advance guard in the passage of the danube and was with kuropatkin at plevna he is known as a tactician |