The Washington times., 1904-06-27
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CARS BIG SHIP

TOKYO. June Elm supplementary
report of the last naval battle at Port
Arthur Admiral Togo says:
''On June % my combined fleet attack
ed the enemy of Port Arthur early in
he morning.
The fact that the battleships Peres-
Wet. Poltava, and sevastapol. with the
cruisers Bayan. Pallada. Diana. Novik,
and Askold, preceded by several mine
dragging steamers. were emerging from
the harbor entrance. was reported TO me
by wireless telegraphy from a scout
ing ship.
Sent Out Flotillas.
Then according TO arrangements pre-
viously made TO provide against the
enemy's egress. FASTENED TO the APP
2inted rendezvous, sending my fourth
ard fourteenth destroyer hotiIlas 10
watch the enemy's movements.
AT il a. m. the Tsarvitch. the
Rctrizan. and the Pobieda Joined the
dragging steamers. which commenced
cruising about in the mined section and
attempted TO make fairway, our ship
| troubling them.
AT p m. my fourth and fourteenth
! rGtllias engaged seven of the enemy $
destroyers which were covering the
dragging operations, and defeated them.
One Of the Russian vessels catching
fire, fed into the harbor.
The Novik Appears.
THE Novik came out to cover the
other fiotilIas and joined the main fleet,
the enemy having cleared the fairway
with the aid of their dragging steamers.
The Novik steamed out to sea.
our third lighting squadron, keeping
III contact, drew the enemy southwark
on a southeasterly course
our first squadron waited for the
eremy, and concentrated all its destroy
els. At 6:i5 p. m. our first squadron
sighted the enemy eight miles north
west of Gugan Island. The Tzarvitet
was leading. with the Novik and the de-
stIoyers on her right, and they steamed
south
AT 1880 D. m our distance from them
was 1900 metres. The enemy changed
the course slightly to the starboard. and
We followed them. trying TO draw tho
enemy's van.
Course Is Altered.
AT p. m. the enemy altered their
course to the north. and we turned eight
points and steamed in line till sunset
at twenty minutes after p. m. wher
we parted eight points and ordered the
| torpedo craft to attack the enemy
AT $3.50 p. m, when FIVE miles dis
| tant from the harbor. the fourteenth
| hotilla made the first attack on the en-
emy's rear fifth hotlia
Following this the enemy were
thrown into disorder and could not make
port so they anchored at 1890 p. m
In the homestead. where we attacked
them eight times before dawn.
AT 1890 p. m. our sixteenth hotilla
| dashed forward from Shrosen Point and
| launched two tOTpedoes into the bows
| Of battleship resembling the Peresyiet
which Immediately sank.
We could ascertain no other result;
| till morning, when we saw the battle.
| ship missing and two vessels of the Sc
vastopol and Diana class unable to use
their engines.
ION Friday, June "a. the enemy's fleet
others under their own steam, the last
getting in at p m
Fleet in Single Line.
Another official dispatch received prior
TO the foregoing said
Soon after o'clock in the morning
of June "a, while the Russian fleet wa:
! lying anchored in a single line close u
the shore. and when the moon had set
the whole of our torpedo boats and de.
| stroyers silently, fiotilla after fiotilla
crept along until they had got near the
enemy; then amid the flashing OF search
lights and shrieking Of bToadsides each
boat coolly fired her Iorpedoes and pass
ed on. The enemy were unable TO use
the batteries on shore