The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-06-07
WIPED OUT,
Such Is the Fate that Beiell the
Russian Baltic Fleet.
CAUGHT IN \ 'IRH 2

Big Russian Ba:tlsship Went Down
After an Explosion. First
Stories OF the Great Bat.
tie a. Sea.
Out Of the grea: hset thst went into
battle OF Saturday, May y, ali bu'
four have oeen captured OF sunk by
the japanese.
The admiral OF TIE fce., Rojest
vensky, Is a prison%r and desperately
wounded.
Admiral VoelkerShen is dead, shot
OF drowned
Admiral Nebcga. Of is q surrendered
prisoner.
Two vessels cut Of al the gallan'
Armada that vas hea6 ed fer Niaol-
yostok have reached t! at pc-t. Such
catalogue Of overv hslmiEg lis seems
past precedent and is al terribly
true. The japanese report Of the
capture OF RnjsStvel.sky is direct and
exact, but ST. Petersburg insists that
the Admiral has eScaped.
The Admiralty authorities there IT,
sist that he has reached Viadivostok,
and the Lordon Standard prints a
dispatch from its correspondent in tbs,
Russian capital in which be asserts
that Nine. Rojsstvs2Sky has received
telegram from VlaciVcScok signed
by her husband, saying that he had
arrived there on beard the cruiser Al
naz, and that be vas severely wound
ed in the neck, back and abdomen.
Against this is paced the circuu-
stantial report received by the Japa-
nese Embassy that the connancer
vas captured on SATURDAY. evening of
the Corean island OF U:e;ucg, With
another admiral and ejsN ty other
Russians, including staff officers. /.
seems undoub &c taat the Aln2Sz aaS
reached VlsdivaStok. and IN ad1ltion
to bearing scme one @ho at any rate
claims to be Rojessvensk!, she carries
the story that retuSeeS On board were
eye witnesses Of the destruction Of
two Japanese tattleships. It's a oey
OF strange stories.
Admiral Tcga is still securing the
Sea OF Japan in gu st OF s2ne rem
nant Of the eneu5 That nay 5ava es
capped him, but tae list OF Vessels
sunk" and vessels captured Is a
wonderful one, as it is set oot in the
Official dispatches. H-re Is the tally:
SUNK.
Battlesbips-PriLce Suvarof, I'm
perator Alexander III, B rcdi2o,
Oshabia, Sissoi- -VeliSi md N=varir,
Cruisers-Adnlral n kiaccf, De-
nitri D. q, kcj, Viacin.r MoEonacn,
Syietiana aud Z n,chGrG.
Coast Defen>e Sni2s-Acmiral CSh-
akof, two special service ships, the
repair ship Kautchatka and thcee &c
stroyers.
CAPTURED.
Battlesbips.-O.sl sad Inpe-atcr
Nicholai I.
Coast Defence Ships-Adn;ral Ap
rsxin and Admiral Senyarvi1.
D. siroyer-bied2vE.
Making the le. rib!e tctalcf twenty
two ships With an aggregate tonnage
Of 153 Al.
Now that tee glory Of the Victory
and tie misery Of defeat are wIistef
large, the stories tf dsad arc wound
ed men in agony are contrg to the
front.
Wreckaga and TIE cisfsu,ed bodies
OF dead sailors are bsicg washsd
ashore along the shores o: the Cccesn
Strait. The twisted and shattered
hulIs Of the Rus an veSseis lie On the
shoals or are nuEg On the rocks, aao
JapaneSe fishermen are collecting tie
fearful Ho7sam Ct tne tlgat.
The captured strip, With prisoners,
are arriving at SaSeo; other prison
ers have bsen jarc>6 at TSu Island;
800 have been br ,uIht 70 i"a1i, anc
the captured VS. els aEe 5eiol OF. n.ht
to japanese ports b> pr,z2 c.ews TO &c
refuted and t. fy tie flag Ct r:.e Rts
ing Sun.
TOGO POSITION TACTIcALLY PERFECT
From a score * raIoCS sources.
from crippled Russian var vessels
staggering into ysEi' Us pcEts, 1tos
captured Ru>s:an sficers aco men,
and from the niagara y = ports Of tn:
Jacansse Naval Bu!eau, ac2l;ions
facts are Learned CT tGa gra2 enc ua =
er. noce OF which ci.agge tie m21E
facts, but all Ct which aGo VlvlcneS>
action and cc.oC 20 tee s.cry oI In
engagement
One intensely interesting point
and it IS mace by q Russian ln,orm
ants that Admiral Togn's GiSpcsi
tion Of his forces was tacSicaliy per
feet Not only were h,s sGaadlozs 81
doated as to guard toth channels
that to the east and taa5 10 the Yves;
OF Tsu Island, but he had also pre-
pared for a oeploy OF bis torcts shoait
R3ies,vensk; split :3is f et, ard sent
one division ascuno j pan on the cut
side way, while Wit. he other n
made a cash tor toe sea OF Japan ant
Vladivostok by way OF tue Corea!
Strait.
Tnao, with his main sQca5ron, la:
off the Coreaa coast, n the 1oscatea
OF Masampho, While lis tosFeao NJ
tillss were disposed back Ct Isa l.
land.
Admirals Kaninurs arc Uriu ne.
their souad7ons tuIt: sr north, reao
n head cf suc., cf the Russian ship
as might get through 7 5 Ines, {
TO scam per up TO The Strait OF ISL
Darn and bar the va? ttere. at th
Instant it was reported thai any
the eneny were trglng TO gam tI
outside route.