The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-06-09
Russian Admirals Wild Dash for Vladivostok Re-
suits in Almost Complete Disaster-Only
Two Ships Reach the Port.
Togo Reports That None of His Big Fighting Ships
Were Seriously Damaged 400 Casualties
in First Division.

fered terrible losses when the Almaz
and Grozny broke through the hostile
line.
OF the Japanese two battleships had
gone down before their eyes and two
cruisers, their sterns high out OF
water, seemed ready to plunge fore
most to the bottom of the sea.
The Russian fleet, they say, was
even in a sadder plight. Rojestven-
sky's flagship, the Prince Souvaroff,
and her sister ship, the Borodino, and
the cruisers Osliabia and Orel, were
Utterly Destroyed,
and when the fog closed down and
hid the scene Of battle from sight
northward of the speeding ships
third great Russian battleship, the Al
exander Ill, seemed in sore distress,
but limpinG nOrthward, putting up
valiant fight against throngs of tor
Dedo boats and still continuing her at
tacks on the cruisers of the island en-
pile. Torpedo boats were also clinging
round the other ships of the fleet like
angered wasps, separate t1otillas dart
ing in again and again TO launch their
weapons.
These two ships alone of Vice Adj
miral ROjestvensky' powerful fOtllla
lie at anchor here in the harbOr of
Golden Horn, they having separated
from the fleet in the early stage of
the battle, which began in the Korea
strait Saturday, and headed, in obedi-
ence to orders, with full speed to
Vladivostok.
Bears Scars of Battle.
The swift cruiser AlmaZ, which ar
rived at her anchorage here Monday
evening bears scars of the battle.
Her mizzenmast is shot away and one
of ner smokestacks is pierced by a
cannon shot. But the Grozny, though
engaged for several hours in a run
ming fight at short range with large
Japanese destroyer shows no signs OF
the fray. After her commander, Capt
Andriffski, had been wounded and an
officer and three men had been killed
the Grozny succeeded n sinking her
opponent with a lucky-placed shot and
reached Vladivostok without further
adventlre at IL o'closy yesterday
morning.
Mystery About Rojestvensky.
London, June 1.-The English news
papers are still without and but
meager official news from Vladivostok
given in dispatch received by Emper-
or Nicholas from Gen. Linevitch, and
therefore are completely mystified re-
garding the fate of Vice Admiral Ro-
jestvensky.
The Associated Press interesting
Vladivostok dispatch shows that the
reports that Nine. Rojestvensky re-
ceived telegram from her husband,
dated Vladivostok, must be placed
among other similar and numerous ru-
mors current. 1t now seems practi-
cally certain that Rojestvensky is a
prisoner.
Says Rojestvensky Escaped.
A dispatch from ST. Petersburg to
Reuters Telegram company repeats
the information sent by the Associ-
ated Press that Admiral Rojestvensky
arrived at Vladivostok on board the
torpedo boat destroyer Buiny at 6 D.
m, May 29. 1t adds that the admiral
is seriously wounded in the head
back and chest.
Gather in Captured Ships.
Toxic, June 1.-The captured Rus.
sian battleship Orel arrived at the
Mazirui navy yard at noon yesterday.
TIE battleships Nickolai |. and Ad-
miral Seniavian and the coast defense
ironclad Admiral Aprexine, reached
Sasebo at II o'closk yesterday. 1t is
reported that the Orel and Nikolai |.
are slightly damaged.