The present-day tendency consequently is to bring dogs more and more
into the foreground in warfare. During the Russo-Japanese War the whole
of the Manchurian Railway line was guarded by dogs, who gave the alarm,
and on several occasions prevented the Japanese crossing the line. Those
which were sent out from England with the Abor Expedition, N. W.
Frontier, more than once prevented the sentries from being rushed during
night duty, owing to their keener sense of hearing. In the Tripoli
campaign their value was frequently demonstrated, while the dogs
belonging to Major Richardson, the famous English trainer of war dogs,
rendered yeoman service to the Bulgarians at the siege of Adrianople,
where they were able to give warning of attempted sorties by the Turks.
Some of Major Richardson’s well-trained animals were also used in the
Spanish trenches in Morocco, being responsible for the finding of
hundreds of wounded men who would otherwise have been left to their
fate.