Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-18
CRUISER RUR|K
SUNK BY JAPS
The VIadivostok Squadron is
Driven Into Utter
Rout.
KAMIMURA HAS HIS DAY
After Long Waiting He Locates His
Elusive Foe-Two Russian Cruisers
Escape Northward Much Damaged
Loss of the Japanese is Slight.

Toxic, Aug. 15.-Vice Admiral Ka.
mlmura encountered the Russian
Vladivostok squadron at dawn yester.
day north of Tsu island, in the Strait
OF Korea, and attacked the enemy at
once. The battle lasted five hours.
and resulted in a Japanese victory.
The Russian cruiser Rurik was
sunk and the cruisers Rossia and Gro
moboi fled northward, after having
sustained serious damage.
Vice Admiral Kammura cables the
navy department that the injuries in
ficted on his vessels were slight.
The fate of the crew of the Rurik is
not known. 1t is presumed that many
of them were killed or drowned. The
strength of the fleet under Vice AID.
miral Kamimura is not known, but it
is presumed that he had the Adsuma,
lwat, Takashibo and several other
cruisers.
Toxic is joyous over the news, as it
gives Japan mastery of the sea and re.
stores commerce
Flags are fling. lanterns were glim-
mering and cries of "Banzai" were
ringing in the streets of Toxic last
night in honC-' of the victories gained
at sea by Admiral Togo and Vice Ad-
miral Kamimura.
Underneath the jollity of the popu-
lace. lies a feeling Of deep satisfaction
and qualification at the disposal of a
desperately serious problem of the
war.
The Russian squadron which con-
fronted Admiral Togo, fought through
the Japanese line and fed. Russias
battleships and armored cruisers were
heavier than Togo's, and had they
elected to fight to a finish. the result
might have altered the fortunes of
war
The strength of the squadron in
Port Arthur compelled Admiral Togo
some time ago to draw vessels from
the squadron under Vice Admiral Ka-
mimura, and this left the Japanese
navy powerless for some time to oper.
ate against the Russian Vladivostok
raids Of these sseesl AT90$9Oss
raids of these vessels.
The raid conducted by the VIadi.
vostok squadron in July was extreme
ly expensive to Japan, and not only
was retaliation tempting. but it was
demanded by commercial interests.
The navy, however. grimlv refused
to make diversion and stuck to Port
Arthur 1t was confident that the
harbor soon would be nntenable for
the Russian warships that it would
eventually get fair fght in the open
sea away from the Russian land bat.
teries. and that the Japanese would
win. These calculations of the rAvy
were correct and the Russians. prscipi.
tating Togo's strategy in tactics, have
been hopelessly defeated.
Vice Admiral Kamimura. after
months of weary and patient waiting,
drripg which he was reviIed by ont
siders. finally got his chance at dawn
yesterday off Tsu island.
He sank the Russian cruiser Rurik
and sent the cruisers Gromoboi and
Rossia fleeing northward damaged
Japanese land guns dominate the
dock wards at Port Arthur and in view
OF this fact 1t would seem to be i'm
rossihle again to make a seaworthv or
fghtable any Russian battleshirs
which may have returned to Port Ar
thur. The Russian battleship Care
witch has disarmed at Using Chou.
So far as known the only naval force
that Russia can now concentrate at
Vladivostok Is four cruisers.
In the fight Of August 10I the squad
ron under Admiral Togo was prac.
tically uniniured. The battleship Mi
kasa suffered the most, but she con-
tinues on the fighting line.
The cruisers Yakumo, Nisshin and
Kasuga also were hit, but temporary
repairs have been made and they are
fully serviceable.
The steamer Gaelic bound for
Shanghai, at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning, sighted Russian cruiser,
evidently tho Novik, steering south.
east by east. This course showed her
to be heading for Van Diemen strait
Van Diemen strait Is about 100
miles south of Nagasaki and 1t would
be presumed that her purposes is to
try to reach Vladivostok by the east
coast of Japan and Tsugaru strait.
WarshIp Ordered to Hayi.
Washington, Aug. 15.-The navy de.
partment has directed Admiral Sigs-
bee, commanding the Caribbean squad
ron, TO send warship TO Gonaives
and Jeremie. Hayti, Minister Powell
having reported disturbances at those
points. The Denver. now in Porto