I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding

Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

The Japanese mine laying policy was effective at restricting the Russian movement of its ships outside Port Arthur when on 12 April 1904, two Russian battleships the flagship and the ran into a Japanese minefield off Port Arthur with both striking mines.