Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-15
NO SUBMARINE BOATS USED.
Russian Squadron Had Just Got Into
Line When the Patropaylovsk
Was Sunk.
DUEL OF TORPEDO DESTROYERS.
The Great BattleshipS DO Not Seem
To Have Participated to Any
Considerable Extent.

Paris, April l5.-d.3j p. m)-Infor-
nation -eccived I'm government quarters
now establishes the fact thot the naval
battle occurred between the Japanese
fleet, consisting Of IA warships, and the
force under the late Vice Admiral
Makarof From this the officials
strongly incline to the conclusion that
the destruction of the Russian ships
and the loss Of the admiral resulted
from naval engagement. However.
the only definite official information Is
that battle occurred and it Is believed
that the japanese submarine boats took
part In the engagement and caused
the destruction Of the Russian ships.
The japanese legation says Rear Ad-
miral Crlu's report shows that Japan
csc torpedoes sunk the Petropaviovsk
and damaged the Pobeada and declares
that the reports that submarine boat
did the damage is incorrect, as the
japanese fleet had no submarine boats.
The japanese legation pays high
tribute to the late Vice Admiral Max
aroff,
HOW BATTLE WAS FOUGHT.
Port Arthur April 4--Delayed In
transmission)-An engagement oc-
CURED At Port Arthur yesterday morn
inh between seven Russian torpedo
boats and the cruiser Bayan and Jap
anese vessels. The torpedo destroyer
Bezslrashni was sunk,
Five OF the torpedo destroyers with
the Bayan. returned at a. m.
The battleshps Petropavloysk, Po-
bieda and Peresyiet and the torpedo
gunbOat Gaydamak then put to sea.
At $3.50 a. H. d terrific explosion oc-
CURED beneath the Petropaylovsk and
the ship went down In two minutes. The
Japanese squadron, consisting of about
40 ships remained In sight until
o'clock IN the afternoon.
The fighting between the opposing flo-
tillas OF torpedo boat destroyers lasted
0bou, an hour The Bezslrashni was
surrounded by three Japanese torpedo
boat destroyers and sunk,
The Japanese boats then Withdrew
and the japanese squadron appeared
on the horizon, whercupon the Russian
squadron LETT the roadstead steering
In the direction Of the enemys ships,
which retired, Soon however, the Jap
anese re-oppeucd with a formidable
force of about "a score Of warships. The
Russian squadron returned TO the road
stead and took up a position In line Of
battle, ready to receive the enemy.
The sudden explosion which destroyed
the pctropavlOysk occurred almost i'm
medIately thereafter and the battleship
went 70 the bottom
The Grand Duke cyril, Capt. Jakov-
len the commander OF Tho Petropav-
loysk, -four officers and some 50 men
We're saved.
The battleship Pobieda was damaged
amidships and went into the inner har-
Dor where she anchored
The enemy's vessels which were
formed In two divisions disappeared in
the course Of the afternoon.
The fresh breeze which was blowing
throughout Wednesday developed into
a violent gale towards night
Later, l;lO p, m. The division Of RUS
sian torpedo boats, which put to sea
on Tuesday night, kept up a running
fight with the enemy until early We'd
nesday morning, when the cruiser Bay
an steamed out to aid the torpedo boat
destroyer BeZzstrashni which was Grip
pied and unable 10 shake off the Jap
anese attack. The Bayan drove the
enemy of, 'but the Be2strashni sank
at IA. m, The Japanese torpedo boats
withdrew, but almost Immediately six
japanese Warships appeared on the
horizon Admiral Makarolf ordered
the squadron out To- meet them and the
japanese retired but almost immed-
ately reappcured reinforced until the
fleet consisted OF ~ or II Warships, The
Russians put back 20 the roadstead
and formed a battle line, when at pre-
Cisely 10 o'clock, without warning, the
TetrOpavloysk blew up and sank, The
Poblcdl received a breach amldshlps
and retired To the inner harbor, where
an examination proved that her Injuries
We're not very serious, Besides Grand
Duke cyril capt Jakoylcn and Lieut.
Nakoysky Mishipmcn Sylittle, Jcnsh
and Nakumlgl were rescued, Reports
ass 10 the number Of seamcn saved are
conflicting, ore placing the number nc
80 and another at 81. They We're rescued
by the torpedo gunbuat Gaydamok,
The cause NJ the destruction Of the
peuopayloysk has not yet been as
certained,
JAPANESE LAID MINES,
Kobe, japan April l5-It is asserted
IN naval circles horr that the japanese
arranged 10 dy 30 mines at the on
trance OF Port Arthur and then entice
the Russians out The mines were
placed IN position and Port Arthur
Was hombardpi April 10. Several Rus
sian ships besides the Potropavloysk
Won. damaged,
NJ ENGAGEMENT ADMITTED.
ST. Petersburg. April 10. $3.50 p. m.-,
ont of the maze of conflicting reports
regarding the sequence Of events lend
Ing 20 the destruction OF the petropav-
l0vsI. {, rs now established that Vice
Admiral MaEWofG early Wednesday
morning, took out his squadron TO en-
gage q weak division OF six Japanese
cruisers which appeared ON the horizon
after the japanese torpedo boats which
sank the Bc2stushni had been driven OF
by the Rayan Particulars ~ the tor
pedO boat fight are stil lacking. The
Russian commander ln-cMef pursued
fha IuRut ana gtttls.s attNpt.., ,.,,st IA