Contemporaneous reports, including some Japanese accounts, claim that as many as 60,000 were killed, although some contemporary accounts of the war estimated Port Arthur's total population at 13,000 (6,000 excluding garrison troops).
Contemporaneous reports, including some Japanese accounts, claim that as many as 60,000 were killed. The higher estimates are suspect, however, since a contemporary account of the war estimated Port Arthur's total population at 13,000 (6,000 excluding garrison troops).