The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-08-18
Battered and Crippled Remnants Turning Ur
at Neutral Ports to Tell of Their Losses
and Ask for Sanctuary From Japs.
laps Made a Special Attack IN the Flagship
Czarevitch, and Killed Admiral Without
and Over 200 Others of Her Crew..
With Fleet Wrecked, the japanese Are Now
Understood to Be Making Their Last
Great Assault at the Fortress,

no doubt that the Russian Port Arthr
fleet has about ceased to be what Cap
tain Mahin calls a fleet in being"
Whatever is left OF it is in the form
OF several groups of crippled ducks,
scattered to such various neutral har-
bors as could be reached, and probably
some OF them still in Port Arthur, I'M
able to take the sea again and facing
the reasonable certainty Of either being
blown up by the Russians or captured
by the Japs when the fortress falls.
Admiral Without was killed aboard
the flagship C~zarevitch, and with him
210 others met death. The ship is prac-
tically a wreck. at the German harbor
of Using Chou. Berlin reports that
several other" disabled Russian yes
sells are there. The cruiser Novik,
which got into the harbor, was ordered
out inside the tw~enty-rour hour limit
her outside, where they We're waiting
In ample force, is not announced.
Admiral Togo's alleged report sent
out from Toxic yesterday is now stated
to have been bogus, never having been
received from the admiral. A new re-
port from him Is, however. substituted
today. 1t says five Russian battleshtps
appear to have been heavily damaged,
but does not tell what became of them.
It is probable that Togo does not in
clude the Czarevitch in his list Of five.
because, from the fact that she linped
away from Using Chou, he would prob
ably assume that she was in better
condition than the others; whereas the
German report from Using Chou lndl-
Gates that she is really wrecked. AS
| there were six battleships in the Rus
sian line, it would appear h a prob
ably all Of them We're badly used up.
The cruiser Bayan has apparently dis
appeared, neither Togo nor anybody
else being able to report on her. she
may be on the way to V~ladivostok.
The Russian cruiser Askold and the
destroyer Grozovoi, both badly dam
aged, reached Shanghai, being at once
ordered out within the 24-hour unit;
Three Russian cruisers are reported
at Saddle island, with q Jap force wait
ing to fight them.
It is persistently reported that the
Japanese cruiser Kasagi was sunk IN
the battle, but no Japanese report con-
firms this.
If the final assault has not begun by
this time, it is certain to be undertaken
Immediately at Port Arthur. The fall.
OF the place is predicted by all authori-
ties for an early date.
Toxic. Aug. 16.-Admiral Togo re-
ports that five Russian battleshlps ap-
pear to have been heavily damaged.
The Pobieda lost two masts and one
of her heavy guns was disabled. The
flagship Retvizan which was hit sew
eral times at a distance Of $500 yards
seems to have sustained the greatest
injury.
The damage inflicted OF the Rus
sian cruisers was comparatively Sllght
The cruiser Bayan has not yet APP
peared since the engagement. The Jap
anese vessels have been temporarily
repaired.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 16.-According
to a telegram received by the emperor,
Rear Admiral without, who command
ed the Russian naval forces at Port
Arthur, and several other officers were
killed during the engagement on
Wednesday. Admiral Without met his
death aboard the flagship CzareVitch.
Both legs were blown off.
Captain Wamoff of the C~zarevitch.
Commander Samoff and several other
officers we're wounded. The battleship
sustained severe damage. Her rudder
was broken beyond hope of repair.
The protected cruiser Novik has left
Using Chou.
London. Aug. ia news agency St.
Petersburg dispatch says:
TIL machinery of the Czarevitch vas
so knocked about during the fight that
most of it is worthless. h lost 210
officers and men killed and 60 wound
I'd, Rear Admiral Without was on the
bridge of the Czarevitch when a shell
exploded there. blowing him to pieces.
Berlin. Aug. 16,-The Lokal Anzeig-
er's Toxic dispatch says:
Heavy fighting took place at Port
Arthur all night Tuesday and Wednes-
day, The losses are reported enormous.
lao Yang, Aug. 16.-The Chinese
governor at Mukden has issued a proc
Iamation welcoming the Japanese. This
Is due to the fact that the successive
retirements of the Russians upon their
main ines have caused the Chinese to
lose faith In the Russian arms.