The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-23

tied. boats sf1at,el~-
 enormous holes in the cruAs
 through which man could eas)ss pass
 Many of the cabins were completely
 wrecked.
 Some of the Japanese shells per-
 formed queer antics. On the Rossfa
 a shell burst in a clothes cupboard.
 Garments therein were torn to shreds,
 but a mirror was not scratched. Pho
 tographs and knickknacks on q writ
 ing table nearby were not disturbed. In another part of the cruiser the walls were blackened by the smoke of a fierce fire, in which eight men were burned alive, yet an almanac on a desk was not even scorched. Aboard the Gromoboi q shell entered the ward room and wrecked the furniture. but a parrot cake was untouched. All the officers of the cruisers are full of praise for the coolness and bravery of the men who died in the battle without a murmur. Comrades took their places without awaiting or ders. It was deadly work on the up- per deck, where the gunners were without protection. and shells striking.
 burst into a thousand fragments, kill ing and wounding men until the deck became a veritable shamble, strewn with dead and dying and with blood. |. Not a single gunner protected by case ments lost his life. The value or pro teotive armor was demonstrated when ever projectiles struck the armored portion of the vessels.
 There were many deeds of heroism during the hve-hour battle. but the greatest praise of all belongs to Cap | tain Dabich of the Gromoboi, who re- mained at his post on the bridge from | the beginning to the end of the battle. When wounded he insisted on resuming | command directly the wound had been dressed. but, yielding to the eEtreaties | of his officers. he sought shelter In l the coming tower. No sooner had he | entered than a shell struck the root of the tower, glancing upward to the overhanging cover and entered through l the peep-hole, killing a lieutenant and 1.-two quartermasters, wounding two 1 lieutenants and again wounding Cap l tain Dabich in the head and breast. Not a man in the tower escaped injury. | There being no one to steer the snip, | the captain severely wounded though | he was. dragged himself to the wheel and managed 1t until another quarter
 master had been summoned.
 | Subsequently, learning that the men
 were depressed by the fact that he had
 been wounded a second time, the cap- I on being supported along the decks to
 the easements. encouraging the sailors.
 often saving: T am alive, brothers. l Ego on smashing the Japanese" | When Captain Anderieff, of the Ros sia. ascertained that only three out of her twenty big guns could be fired. he | coolly gave orders to get explosives In | readiness to sink the ship. Captain | Anderieff Is usually nervous. but In bat ! tle he was cool as cucumber When | not giving orders, he was freely con | versing with the gunners at their sta- | tions.
 l Captain Berlinsky was killed by a | splinter which struck him on the head
 at the outset of the fight.
 Lieutenant Molas also distinguished l himself A shell entered the compart-
 ment where he was directing the fire,
 and set fire to the deck on which a
 number of charges were standing
 about. Then came an eight-inch shell | which scattered the charges and caused
 a terrific explosion, which threw the
 men in every direction, and hurled
 Lieutenant Molas to the upper rail
 Fortunately, he fell on a heap of dead | Another officer followed by n number 1 of sailors. brought a hose and played
 water upon Lieutenant Molas and his
 men while they were removing the un-
 exploded charges. regardless of the fact that they might have exploded at any
 minutes in their hands.
 Only one of the dead was brought back, Captain Bolinsky of the Rossia . | HAS remains lay in a coffin near an ikon
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