The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-19
TOCO'S Ships
WROUGHT HAVOC
DAMAGE TO RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
PROVES TO HAVE BEEN
CONSIDERABLE.
REAR ADMIRAL WITHOUT
MEETS DEATH ON SHIP

Other Officers on Czarevitch Wounded |
Machinery Rendered Practically
Worthless - General Assault on
Port Arthur Is Imminent.
Toxic, Aug. 15.-Admiral Togo has
reported as follows: ION August 10
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
found life buoys and other articles be-
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.
Six Battleships in the Fight.
Washington, Aug. 15.-The Japanese
| legation has received the following
cablegram, dated Toxic. Saturday:
Admiral Togo reports that of the six
Russian battleships which were en-
gagged in the battle of August 10, five
are believed to have been seriously dam
aged. Both masts of the Pobieda were
broken and her big guns ceased to work.
The Retvizan apparently suffered the
most seriously, owing to our concen-
| trated fire on her at distance of 3,5OO
/ ..
| cruisers were probably less serious.
| The cruiser Bayan did not come out at
Port Arthur. The damages to our ships
| have already been temporarily re-
paired"
Rear Admiral Without Killed.
ST. Petersburg, Aug. 15.-Rear Ad-
miral Without, who was in command
| IL OF BORT A r.
thur, was killed during the engagement
on Wednesday.
The emperor has received telegram
from Tsingchou, signed by Capt. Ma
tousevitch, the rear admirars chief oil
staff, reporting that Without met his
death aboard the flagship Czarevitch
Both his legs were blown off.
Capt Wamoff, of the Czarevitch
Commander Samoff and several officers
were wounded
Several officers besides the rear ad
miral also were killed. The battleshiI
sustained severe damage. Her ruddel
was broken beyond hope of repair.
Capt. Matousevitch did not report a:
to the whereabouts of the other vessels
but the dispatch adds that the protected
cruiser Novik has left Tsingchou.
Machinery Rendered Worthless.
London, Aug. ia dispatch from st
Petersburg to a news agency says TIT
machinery of the Russian battleshil
Czarevitch was so knocked during tn
J fight that most of it is worthless. Sh
; lost 21O officers and men killed and s.
, wounded. Rear Admiral Without was OF
the bridge of the Czarevitch when shell
exploded there, blowing him to pieces.
Cruiser Askold Badly Damaged.
Washington, Aug 15.-Consul Gener
al Goodnow has reported to the stat
department that the Russian cruiser AS
} kold arrived at Shanghai Saturday seri
I ously damaged and wanted to dock. Til
taotai has written to the Russian consu
=, general, Mr.. Goodnow states, that tn
3 cruiser and torpedo boats must not re
l main more than "a hours. The Russia
! consul general raises the point that the
t are entitled to remain reasonable tim
!, to make repairs.
: Being Towed to Chinese Port.
London, Aug. 15.-According to
news agency dispatch from Toxic tn
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Rye
; shitelni, captured by the Japanese
Chefoo, is being taken to Chinese por
Japan Preparing Explanation.
4 Berlin, Aug. 15.-Japan has given tn
German government an intimation ths
4 she is preparing statement regardin
4 the seizure of the Russian torpedo boa
4 destroyer Ryeshitelni at Chefoo The fo
: eign office, therefore, is disinclined to e.
press it's views on the Washington di
patches indicating that the state depar
ment is concerned about the appareI
breach of neutrality on the part of Jal
. ans torpedo boats.
Russian Minister Receives Repor
Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug. 15.-Coul
= Cassini, the Russian ambassador, Sa
urday received the following offici
:, statement from the Russian foreign o
). fee: 'The Russian consul at Chefoo r
: ports that on the night of August IL,
two Japanese torpedo boats entered tt
port of Chefoo and attacked our torpet
boat Ryeshitelni, which on the day b
fore was dismantled by agreement of II
u commander with the Chinese naval a