Leading to the Treaty of Portsmouth, for 10 points, identify this protracted fight over a certain coastal city during the Russo-Japanese War.
Eduard Totleben claimed that he could have changed the outcome of this specific event with two months and a shovel, and one domestic response to it was the poem "Brother, Do Not Die." During this event, the phrase "persevering through hardship" was repeated over and over to incite anger over the Triple Intervention, and its key events revolved around Orphan Hills and Fort Erhlung. The cost of this action contributed heavily to the resentment on one side that triggered the Era of Crowd Violence following a protest in Hibiya Park, as the leasing of the area central to this event was one of few gains in the treaty it helped prompt. Anatoly Stoessel was court-martialed over unused rations after this event, which saw the much-criticized "human wave" tactics of Maresuke Nogi. Lasting five months and costing 100,000 lives, it was followed by the naval victory of Tsushima. Leading to the Treaty of Portsmouth, for 10 points, identify this protracted fight over a certain coastal city during the Russo-Japanese War.
Eduard Totleben claimed that he could have changed the outcome of this specific event with two months and a shovel, and one domestic response to it was the poem "Brother, Do Not Die."
Siege of {Port Arthur} (accept any answer that conveys people killing each other at Port Arthur)