The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-08-19
Battered and Crippled Remnants Turning Up
at Neutral Ports to Tell of Their Losses
and Ask for Sanctuary From Japs.
Japs Made a Special Attack on 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.

Saturdays report from the east left
no doubt that the Russian Port Artht
fleet has about ceased to be what Cap
tain Mahin calls a fleet in being
Whatever is left Of 1t 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 n 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 Czarevitch. and with him
21O others met death. The ship is m'ac-
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 twenty-four 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 nave been bogus, never having been
received from the admiral. A new re-
port from him is, however. substituted
today. 1t says five Russian battleships
appear to have been heavily damaged,
but does not tell what became of them.
1t is probable hat Togo does not in
clude the Czarevitch in his list of five,
because. from the fact that she lilnped
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 indl-
Gates that she is really wrecked. AS
there We're six battleships in the Rus
sian line, it would appear that 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 Vladivostok.
The Russian cruiser Askold and the
destroyer Grozovoi, both badly dam
aged, reached Shanghai, being at once
ordered out within the hour init:
Three Russian cruisers are reported
ut Saddle island, with a Jap force wait
ing to fight them.
1t is persistently reported hat the
Japanese cruiser Kasagi was sunk In
the battle, but no Japanese report con-
firms this.
If the tina 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 autllori-
ties for an early date.
Toxic, Aug. 16.-Admiral Togo re-
ports that five Russian battleships APP
pear to have been heavily damaged.
The Pobied lost two masts and n
of her heavy guns was disabled. The
eral times at a distance of $500 yards
seems to have sustained the greatest
injury.
The damage inflicted on the Rus
sian cruisers was comparatively slight.
The cruiser Bayan has not yet APP
pnorn1 ciS,on tho ON oo CrQt1,nr Tho Inn
anese vessels nave been temporarily
repaired.
st. Petersburg. Aug. 16.-According
to a telegram received by the emperor,
Rear Admiral Without, who command
Arthur. and several other officers were
killed during the engagement on
Wednesday. Admiral Without met his
death aboard the flagship Czarevitch.
Both legs We're blown off.
Captain Wamoff of the Czarevitch.
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. 16.-A news agency st.
Petersburg dispatch says:
The machinery of the Czarevitch was
so knocked about during the fight that
most of it is worthless. She lost 21O
officers and men killed and GO wound
ed. Rear Admiral Without was on the
bridge of the C~zarevitch 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 al night Tuesday md Wednes-
day. The losses are reported enormous.
LAO Yang. Aug. 16.-The Chinese
governor at Alukden has issued a proc
iamation welcoming the Japanese. This
is due to the fact that the successive
retirements of the Russians upon their
main lines have caused the Chinese to
lose faith in the Russian arms.
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