The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-18
RUSSIAN FLEET
SCATTERED
ATTEMPT TO JOIN vLADTvoS-
ToK CRUISERS RESULTS IN
FAILURE AND DISASTER
some Of the Cars Ships Sunk, 9th
ers Limp Into Neutral Ports While
Still Others Put Back Into Port
= Arthur. Japanese Losses Were In
significant.

Vlous points indicate that the attempt
OI the Russian Port Arthur squadron
Ayo reach Vladivostok failed and that
tne vessels have become widely scat
Oered. One torpedo boat destroyer
put into Cheefoo where she was board
ed and captured by the japanese.
lhe battleship Czarevitch, the cruiser
Novik and torpedo boat have ar
rived at Using Chou, at the entrance
of Kiao Chou bay, the German con-
cession on the southern shore of the
Shantung peninsula.
According to other dispatches the
cruiser Askold is also at Tsing Chou,
but advices to the German foreign
@office do not include her. Another
Russian cruiser and q torpedo boat
destroyer gre reported as near Shang-
hai and four bat;leships are off the
SADDLE Islands, about seventy-fve
miles southwest Of that port. Chefoo
reports say that one Russian torpedo
boat was captured on the Chinese
coast, and Toxic hears that a number
of the vessels of The squadron have
returned TO Pert Arthur The Ger
man foreign Office has given instruc-
tons that the uninjured Russian war
ships at Using Chou must leave port
swithin twenty-four hours. The Jap
anese system of communication has
heretofore been so perfect that there
can be little doubt that the government
is thoroughly Informed of the position
of the various vessels of the escaped
fleet and will be able to drive them
into neutral ports or attack them with
overwhelming force.
Rear Admiral Togo reports as fol-
lows:
"The Russian cruisers Askold and
Novik and several torpedo boat de-
stroyers fed to the southwark.
Others of the enemy's ships sailed
separately toward Port Arthur. We
pursued them and it appears that
we inflicted considerable damage. We
found life buoys and other articles
belonging to the Russian battleship
Czarvitch floating at sea. The Gar
witch was sunk. We have received
no reports from the torpedo boats and
the torpedo boat destroyers engaged
In the attack on the ships of the
enemy. The Russian vessels with the
exception Of the Askold, the Novik,
the Czarevitch and the cruiser Pallada
appear to have returned to Port Ar
thur. Our damage was slight Our
fighting power has not been i'm
paired. "
The Russian protected cruiser AS
l1old has put in at Woosung with her
fifth funnel gone to the deck, all the
! tunnels riddled with shell holes, one
\gun on the port side destroyed and
several large holes above the water
line.
y One lieutenant and eleven men had
been killed and so men wouded.
1t is reported that the four Rus
sian battleships are off the Saddle
Islands, about 70 miles southeast Of
Shanghai.
Three Russian cruisers are reported
to have arrived at Using Chau, at the
entrance Of Kiao Chou bay.
The reports Of the attempt Of the
Russian feet to get away from Port
Arthur are confirmed without definite
details in the dispatches. It is re-
ported from Toxic that Admiral Togo
prevented the escape.
The hospital ship, Mongolia left
Port Arthur with the fleet that is de-
stined for Shanghai.
The Russian feet intended to go to
lNladivostok, according to Admiral
Skrydloff's orders.
The question of contraband was dis
cussed in the House Of Commons and
Lord Lansdowne said England would
insist upon her position that no
rights to sink ships existed and that
there must be notifications in Rus
sia's list of contraband articles.
The japanese cruiser, Kasagi is re-
ported sunk off Round Island in q
fight.
Japanese are continuing the turn
ing movement against General Ku-
ropatkin's army.
The Japanese boats which entered
Chee-Foo harbor boarded the Russian
torpedo boat and later towed her out
of the harbor. The Chinese Admiral
has warned them to disarm or leave
the harbor.
A message from an officer on the
Czarewitz, Russian ship, from Tsun-
gehau, gives the Russians the belief
CanitaliSts Purchase Canal.