The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-04-01
ADMIRAL TOGA
TELLS OF ATTACK
Japans Second Attempt To Bot
tie Up Russia's Fleet.
SIXTH ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR
Exciting Recital of Japan's Admiral
Of Heroic Naval Fight Has Reached
Toxic and Creates Much Joy-Other
Mar News oY Irobortancc

| TogO's recital OF the second attempt
to bottle up the Port Arthur squadron
AID the sixth attack on that port, was
| reached Toxic today. Admiral To
COS report is as follows:
The united squadron again lerJ
for Port Arthur last Saturday. On
Sunday morning at $3.50 we com
menced preparations for blOckading
the harbor entrance. The four steam
ers which were to be sunk escorted
by a hotilla of torpedo boat destroy
ers, advanced to the entrance, facing
the enemy's search lights. About =
miles from the entrance the bOttling
up squadron was discovered by the
enemy. Exposed to the fire of the
fOrtresses on either side and also to
that from the enemy's ships on guard.
and Drawing these dangers, the four
steamers ran into the waterway at the
mouth of the harbOT. One of the
steamers. the ChyO Maru, anchored
about half a chain from the western
shore of Golden Hill, blew itself up
and sank. The second one, the Fuk-
ri Maru, passing TO the left of the
ChyO Maru. and advanced a short dis
lance and was about to come to an
Choir when she was struck by a tor
pedo from the enemy's destroyers. She
IN nd
the YahikO Maru, went to the left OF
the Fukni Maru and blew herself up
and and sank The fourth steamer,
the Yaneyma Maru. reacher the har.
Dor entrance and colliding against the
stern of one of the enemy's torpedo
destrOyers, she managed to reach the
middle passage by passing between
the ChyO Maru and Fukni Maru. Just
at that moment one of the enemy's
tOrpedOes struck and sank her Her
momentum brought her toward the
left shore and with her bow toward
the left side she sank sidewise To !
have accomplished the work so far
under great disadvantages and dan.
gers must be considered a success. and /
should command admiration. 1t is |
10 be regretted. however, that owing |
to some space being left between /
the YahikO Maru and the Yoneyma, /
a complete blocking Of the entrance
has not been effected.
The vessels engaged in this work
are those which had been engaged in
the same work before 1t was by
their special request. Only petty of
fcers and crews were supplanted by
new men.
The casualties follow.
Killed: Commander Hiroz and three
petty officers; mortalIy and serious.
ly wounded, Lieutenant Shimada
slightly wounded. Lieutenant Masukl.
Engineer Kurita and six petty officers
and men.
All the remainder of the crews were
safely picked up by our destrcyers.
Commander HirOz and Boatswain
Sugino. who were killed displayed re-
narkable courage. Boatswain SuginO
was just going down 10 light the mag.
azine on the Fukui Maru when the
ship was struck by an enemy's torpe.
10 which killed him.
Commander Hiroz. after causing
lis men to take to the boats and not
inding Sugini, searched through the
ship three times for him. Finding
lis ship gradually going down, Com.
nander HirOz was compelled to give
Up the search and enter a boat. He
vas rowing away under the enemy's 4
lot fire and shell struck him on the
lead. His head and part of his body
vas blown away. Only a piece OF l
lesh in the boat was all that re-
NAMED of the brave officers body.
HirOz was always a model
fficer, and he leaves a meritorious
the memory of which will .
e everlasting.
For the protection of the steamers 4.
nd the rescue of their crews our
otillE Of torpedo boat destroyers did :
heir utmost in the face of the enemy's !
evere cannonading. First of all
7ere the efforts of the destroyers 40
aka and Tsubama, who penetrated :
D within about a mile Of the harbor
ntrance, where they encountered an q
ngaged the enemy's destroyers, in :
letting considerable damage.
"One Russian destroyer seemed to /
ave been hit in the boiler. She sent !
p a volume of steam and retreated.
s the officers and men Of the 40
aka and Tsubama were leaving the
arbOr after the work they had done
ley observed that one of the enemy's
hips below Golden Hill seemed to be
1mpletely disabled. Despite the -
cry hot fire of the enemy to which p,
Ir 1otilla was exposed until dawn.
D damage whatever was sustained
he crews aboard the ChyO Mar, and