Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-19
I'D 70 Fight the japanese Squad
~ ,oo bat Finally Reached
VladiyOStoE
,nwIRAL JESSEN'S ACCOUNT.
t,sted Two Hours Both Yes
"" ri. Mach Damaged--casual'
ties Very Heavy.

p.,ersburg Aug. 10 bIlPeror
49, has received dispatch from
$ S." AlexIcff, dated at vladlyostok'
WV, saving that the cruisers Ros-
A"' cromoboi OF the Vladivostok
F" I,on returned to Vladivostok Aug,
S .aA communicated the following re-
.' made by Rear Admiral lessen,
.n,nder Of the squadron;
w." "u dawn on Aug II, the Rossla'
,.,moboi and Rurik arrived ~ miles
S.m the parallel with Tuson and 80
e., from the northern lighthouse OF
Tu .sIand' o., .owo IN
.,..s souadron OF armored cruisers, six
miss 10 the north, travelling parallel
as onr course. This squadron con-
s,,s8 Of four vessels of the lwate
,yrs and was putting on full speed.
VIZ took a course to the northward
.nt a view 10 attaining the open sea,
WY ,he enemy, who was OF superior
',',d turned Immediately and took the
w ~ uas therefore obliged to engage
S,t,le. which commenced at ) O'Clock
ma morning with a distance OF so
.,Nss between tho TWO squadrons Ga
spf length Us 200 yardsl.
Vim the straits TO the south we saw q
,,.on5 class cruiser Of the Nanewa
wee coming to join the enemy
IA a convenient opportunity We rap
ny turned 20 the right intending 20
,porosch the Korean coast, and by In
prsssIng our speed to II knots we
seemed to have an opportunity OF sue
tss1ug. but the enemy now observed
am Intention and directed his course
,ogsrd US for the purpose Of hlnderlng
@f design.
Hardly FIVE minutes passed before
lhe Rurik left the ranks and signalled
Nal, her steering gear was disabled.
ppIei Steer with the engines, and
continued on my former course.
Seeing thai all Of the japanese cruis-
ts we're concentrating their fire on the
Rurs. all my subsequent maneuver-
ng was exclusively with the object of
enabling the Rurik to repair her dam
ssed rudder I attracted to myself the
epmys FIRE in order to cover the
Ruhk admiral lessen was on the
flagship Rossa.)
Al this time | saw two warships,
one a second and the other third
csS cruiser, coming 10 join the enemy.
The RuHk hoisted the signal Can
rtl steer
Some maneuvering in the front line
gave tho Rurik choice Of going In
th' direction Of the Korean gulf and at
Soclock the signal was holsted, Go
east
The Rurlk answered the signal and
to0s The requisite course at full speed.
~ could be seen from the waves from
htr bows
Eventually the Rossia aud the Gro
rohoI took a northcrlv course AT a dis
hnte Of A. cables The Rurik kept a
course approximately southeast at "A
distance Of three miles.
The battle continued for two hours
N h.s matter.
I'VE suffered considerable damage.
The Rossla had three tunnels pierced.
which prevented her from keeping up
sood steam, and three Of her boilers
we're rendered useless
AZ $3.50 the Rurik began TO lag be-
hlnd considerably and again turned her
DoNS toward the shore. at tho same
time fghtlng against the two second
oa% cruisers which had Joined tho
'.smys SQUADRON The Rurik soon
defWard began to get out of sight,
wee Admiral Kamlmura with four
aunored cruisers kept steadfastly en-
Hgng VS. IN such manner as to keep
Us rom assisting the Rurik.
while the Rurik continued fighting
We continued our efforts 10 attract tho
enemy further north. In the hope that
Me Hurlk would manage to dispose OF
hH TWO comparatively weaker oppo-
lelN ana that after repairing the
1'nsge to her rudders he would be
entity
shortly before 10 o'clock the enc
Ivy lle was the most terrific of the
oaue' Dut 10 our astonishment the
auo'e japanese squadron left us after
i've most deadly lighting, which had
lasted i've hours.
inc Rossla had sustained II holes
ny az. Her line and the Gromobol had six.
iS' cruisers lost more than half their
vmVers and the losses among the men
WALLED % per cent.
u appeared impossible to renew the
oalue or TO return to the Rurik, which
vas D., now 80 miles to the south
aklng advantage Of the calm. we
.wppeq our engines and quickly COM
,. TO repair the breaches in our
,gs s, so ms to enable us to proceed 20
D aulINostok, Capt. Berlinsky OF the
,,.'l was Killed and several OF his Of
..als, were wounded. on board the Gro
Ny, ,2Do' Two lieutenants were killed and
',,, orlcers were wounded. Both
. users had 1876 men killed and 907
!. ",Vs sDeea Capt. Berlnsky was buried
no T /. report concludes by testifying to
,ss. uul0lsm displayed By all the off,
,ay, ana men who 1t says, seemed TO
's. oeen made Of iron, knowing no
var or fatigue. 49, e w
,go p'Ifonal examination OF the dam
'se. uone to the cruisers by the Ian
Ians. IRE Admiral Alexieff saws, In
N ,Sa a the report, convinces him
.so ne hlsh courage and self. Sacrificing
lnSo" a pI those who took part In an
oyoq1l battle against the superior
"'eS OF the Japanese.