The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-31
: " ARSHIPS And
200 men, COST OF
THE JAP VICTORY
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Officers of the Almaz and the Grozny
say that both fleets had already SUI
erEbie Syoe w th4a the hoss
line. v'
Of the Japanese two battleships had
gone down before their eyes and two
cruisers, their sterns high out OF the
water, seemed ready to plunge bow
foremost to the bottom of the sea.
4 Russian Plight Frightful.
I The Russian fleet, they say, was even
= Roiestvensty7s flagship, the Kniaz
;souvaroff, and her sister ship, the Bor,,
.odina, and the cruisers Oslyabya and
loseS e dgn Sd iR The scene
3of battle from sight northWard OF the
Speeding ships third great battleship,
the Alexander III, seemed in sore dis
itress, but was limpiug northward, put
ting up valiant fight against scores
of torpedo boats and still continuing
her attacks on the cruisers OF the
island empire. Torpedo boats We're
of the fleet like angered wasps,- separ-
ate fotillas darting in again and again
to launch their weapons.
/ 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
her smokestacks is pierced by can
mon shot. But the Grozny, tho engaged
for several hours in a running fight at
shot range with a large Japanese de-
istroyer, shows no signs of the fray.
Sank Jap Destroyer.
! After the Grozny's commander. Cap
a.. 49, IL Id j
an officer and three men had been
her opponent with lucky shot, and
reached Vladivostok without further
adventure at IL O'Clock yesterday
morning.
!. For two days vladivostok had been
buzzing rumor and excitement. The
fact that battle between the rival
fleets was imminent, if Rojestvensky
was made known thru kilograms from
Europe. When it was learned Monday
lnorning that Russian cruiser had been
sighted off Askold island headed for the
harbor, the city was filed with the wild
est reports Of every nature.
I City Becomes Excited.
j The inhabitants clustered in the
climbed the frowning hills overlooking
the harbor for a better view. Finally,
toward 6 o'clock in the evening, a
graceful cruiser with two snow-white
stacks shot into view at the entrance
80 the Golden Horn and rounded to an
anchorage beneath the bristling guns of
She curving promontory. From afar
4he broken stump of her mizzenmast
white paint of one stack indicated that
the cruiser had encountered the Japan
iese. AS the anchor chain ratified in the
hawseholes, the vessel wreathed itself
in smolze-it was admiral s salute in
honor Of Rear Admiral Won Jessen
Scarcely had the boom of the last can.
non begun to echo from the surround
ing hills when Won lessons flagship
the cruiser Rossia, answered the salute
and a minute later the guns Of the for,
tress took up the cannonade.
! Excitement beyond description seized
the thronging spectators, who with fran
tic huzzars tossed high their caps
ECitizens embraced each other anC
glanced jubilantiy upon the pier, while
the crews Of the ships in the harbo1
coined in wild cheering
News of Battle Is Told.
:. In trice the boats were dropped
from the davits and in a moment the
Officers of the cruisers and torpedoboats
in the harbor and the military officers
from the fortress were swarming or
board the Almaz to learn news of the
fight.
The story was short. Accoring tc
the officers of the Almaz, the fleet I'm
ider, Rojestvensky met the japanese
an the Strait Of Korea, near Tsu island
land the opposing fleets Immediately
CLOSED in. Being lightly armored, thu
SAlmaz, as had been ordered by Admi
ral Rojestvensky before the battle. Sc
Ecreted itself from the main fleet a.
the first opportunity and headed fo1
:Vladivostok soon after the commence
.:nent of the action, but not too soo1
TO observe that'the losses on both sides
sn the titanic combat was great.
I, Early in the battle an officer of tn
3Almaz, while watching Roiestvenskv =
flagship, the battleship Kniaz Souva
Eroff, for signal. saw the flagship shud
der from stem to stern as if under
tolow from gigantic hammer, ant
faesitate in her course, while the wave
rose high from her armored Sides Thel
5she commenced to lisS end sink.
Say Submarine Did It.
The officers believe. that the debu
of the submarine boat as an effectiv,
Sagent in naval warfare, or perhaps
large mine, caused the disaster to tn
Prince Souvaroff. The damage, how
ever, was so extensive that the flagship
ssoon went down, leaving the deck off
r. GERS and many of the crew struggling i
Sthe waves.
j One Of the Russian topedoboats
feither the destroyer Bunny or the Bra
wi ran in and picked up a number O
the swimmers, one Of whom was rec
8ognized thru = glass as Admiral Re
.jestvensky.
z Under the gruelline, attack by tn
Japanese warships, aided by torpedo
boats, mines and submarines, the Bore
sdino, Oslyabya and Ural were place
7ont Of action and followed the fae
ship to the bottom.
The fog which had raised and low
cred internationally during the morn
ing, began to settle down again, an
the distance of the Almaz, which ha
now succeeded in disengaging hersel
made it difficult for her to see clearly
but the officers are positive that the
saw two Japanese battleshfps disa]
pear. beneath the sea before their eye
sand that two japanese cruisers al
Fpeared on the point of sinking.
The arrival of the Grozny at !
O'Clock yesterday was marked by til
same scenes of excitement as thos
which characterized the advent Of tn
gAlmaz. ~. .~ .. .s.-...-..l AZ