The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-06-08
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE FEARFUL FIGHT
Togo the Japanese ADMIRAL Absolutely Destroys the
Russian Squadron With insignificant Loss.

TOXIC Japan June Rough Russian
losses in fought
prisoners vary thousand is feared
majority Calculating the compliments of the
captured thousand
possible that the ships which
of the of the less
Many washed ashore the island
the the of the
special from Nagasa says Fully 5000 Russian naval
Russian vessels have
drifted ashore off the of the province of Nagato
Department Washington received the follow
cabegram Toko 1t stated official that
fighting of the second class Rus
subsidiary destroyed that the
Aurora and Amaz probably sunk Attention is called to
highly successful and
majority large result
of them During the progress OF the battle there was consider
able fog which prevented comprehensive report
correspondent the London Daily Telegraph sends
interesting description of the naval battle from
Japanese
fifty warships firing Togo vessels this
correspondent aneuyered with perfect precision For
both begerents shot for shot, but with hostile squad
Rojestvensky
cay defeated IN few hours and was caught IN the trap which
waiting him left Madagascar He displayed
his this resulted in confusion of the
Russian fleet
zenith o'clock
the Russians advanced the direction of
Japanese squadron lying
destination. Russians all Sides
the of the Admiral
Nkimhof class the repair ship Kamschta
upper IN
disorder their formation and zig The Japa
nese closed in and pressed toward Nagoto
The lasted until o'clock in the evening The
respondent continues:
Togo nothing nothing. Darkness brought
night with smooth and The Russians
edging northward powerful
znta line their bows forming effective barrier Then
searchghts the warshps
the foa began like locusts sting and the
enemy Russians the fire. At2 o'clock
fighting
allowed the Russians
After Sunday Japanese closer
evening off
Nagoo The Russians
resistance"
special says reports
ions of the the battle May 9th fol
lows
The bateship oslabya heavily damaged
fight Saturday o'clock the
afternoon.
The first Russian vessel sunk was the bateshp sssoi Vel
ky.
The armored cruiser
mach after being the during the
still further damaged by orpedos during attacks by night and
were eventually completely disabled They dred into the ycn
ity of Tu Islands where discovered Sunday
MAY 28h by the auxiliary cruisers Shno Yawata Tanan and
Sado which about them but they all sank
The auxiliary 91 of of the
of the sunken Russian ships.
battleshp torpedoed
down Saturday May 27th
varin's confirm the story of her destruction.
The cruisers Na and Ottawa discovered the Russian
Sgietan at O'Clock Sunday in the vicinity of Chap
Immediately attacked
the Naka reports following suspected
AImaz and Aurora by
night of May 29th.
cruiser Terutchug this
aud the cruisers has been excluded from list
Russian vessels destroyed.
Judging from this and former the enemy's
strength consisting Of eight baehp destroyed captured
three armored cruisers and three defense ships
vessels
ed, the enenys lighting IS thus annihilated.
Later show that during the May
do boats Nos 81 3D. and SO sunk the
rades rescued the majority of their above
there no damage worth reporting No destroyer
suffered any loss Of fighting Or navigating power.