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STORY OF BAT TIE
IS TOLD BY TOGO
JAPANESE ADMIRAL SAYS RI
SIAN FLEET HAS SUFFERED.
ITS VESSELS ARE SCATTERED
Attack on Russian Warship in Che
foo Harbor Brings Forth
Strong Protest to the
Powers.

our combined fleet attacked the enc
my's fleet near Gugan rock. The Rus
sian vessels were emerging from Port
Arthur trying to go south. We pur-
sued the enemy to the eastward. Sc.
we're fighting lasted from one o'clock
"Wednesday afternoon until shutdown.
Toward the close the enemy's fire weak
ened remarkably. His formation be-
came confused and then his ships scat
tered. The Russian cruisers Askold
and Novik and several torpedo boat
destroyers fed to the southwark.
Other Of the enemy's ships retreated
separately toward Port Arthur. We
pursued them and it appears that we
inflicted considerable damage. We
longing to the Russian battleship
Czarevitch floating at sea. The Care
witch probably was sunk. We have re-
ceived no reports from the torpedo
boats and the torpedo boat destroyers
which were 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 re-
turned to Port Arthur Our damage
was slight. Our fighting power has
not been impaired.
Russian Fleet Scattered.
London. Aug. 13.-Dispatches from
various points Friday indicate that the
attempt OF the Russian Port Arthur
squadron to reach Vladivostok failed
and that the vessels have become wide
ly scattered. One torpedo boat de-
stroyer put into Chefoo where she was
boarded and captured by the japanese
The battleship Czarevitch, the cruiser
Novik and torpedo boat have arrived
at Tsingchou, at the entrance of Kiao-
chou bay, the German concession on the
southern shore OF the Shantung PENN
sula According to other dispatches the
cruiser Askold is also at Tsingchou
but advices to the German foreign Of
flee do not include her. Another Rus
sian cruiser and torpedo boat destroy
er are reported as near Shanghai and
four battleships are off the Saddle is
lands, about 10 miles southeast of that
port. Chefoo reports say that one Rus
sian torpedo boat was captured off the
Chinese coast, and Toxic hears that a
number of the vessels of the squadron
have returned to PoN Arthur.
The German foreign Office has given
instructions that the uninjured Russian
warships at Tsingchou must leave port
within "a hours.
Badly damaged.
Shanghai, Aug 13.-The Russian
protected cruiser Askold arrived at
Woosung Friday with her fifth funnel
gone close to the deck. all the tunnels
riddled with shells. one gun on the port
side dismounted and several large shell
holes above the water line. One lieu
tenant and II men had been killed and
50 men wounded
Unarmed Ship Taken.
Chefoo, Aug. 13.-At 1920 o'clock Fri
day morning the Japanese torpedo boat
destroyers Asashio and Kasumi, which
entered the harbor under cover Of dark
ness Thursday night, sent boarding
party against the Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Ryeshitelni which had pre-
viously been disarmed by the Chinese.
After fierce fight the boarding party
hoisted the Japanese flag on the
Ryshitelni and towed her out of the har-
Dor in a northerly direction. OF her
crew of AZ, II have been accounted for.
Capt. Shestakovsky is reported killed.
American consulate. Some were picked
up by sampans and three, including a
lieutenant, were rescued by light ship.
The Japanese claim that they sent in a
gig to the Ryeshitelni under a flag OF
truce lieutenant and interpreter who
made demand that the Russians come
outside and fight. The Russian captain
replied that his ship had been disarmed,
her engines disabled and that the
whole matter was in the hands of the
Chinese. The Japanese were asked to
Investigate the disarmament. The jap
anese interpreter claims that he over
heard the Russian captain give hur-
ried order in low tone, the words not
being distinguishable to the interpreter.
Immediately following the captain
seized the Japanese lieutenant and
Z jumped overheard with him.
Russians Make Protest.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 13.-Russia has
already formally protested to Japan
through France, against the action of the
Japanese torpedo boat destroyers in at
lacking the Russian torpedo boat de-
Btroyer Ryeshitelni at Chefoo and tow
ing her away from that port. and the
. protest has been communicated to
the powers. This prompt action is based
upon the official report of the Russian
consul at Chsfoo, which is very explicit
on the subject of the dismantling OF
the Ryeshitelni, saying that not only
were the breach blocks of her guns and
all her small arms removed, but her en-.
gines were rendered useless The YES
sci, therefore, was reduced to the condi.
ton of hulk. The consul also reported
that the Japanese fired upon the Russian
sailors while they We're in the water.
Protest Supported.
st. Petersburg, Aug. bit is stated
here that both France and Germany are
supporting at Peking the protest of the
Russian government against the action
Of the Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
I'm attacking the Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Ryeshitelna in the harbor Of
Ehefoo.
May Be Serious offense.
Washington Aug. 13.-The renorf a,