The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-01
FoEMEN TELL OF FIGHT
Russians Say Rojestvensky Was on the
Borodino When Ship Quit

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Toxic, June l., 8 amt is under
stood that the emperor intends to direct
that the Russian officers captured at
the naval battle of the Sea of Japan
May II, be given terms OF parole iden-
teal with those granted the army Off
GERS taken at the surrender of Port
Arthur.
An officer of the Russian battleship!
Borodino, brought as a prisoner to the
Maizura navy yard. SAYS that while
Rear Admiral :Roiestvensky had raised
his flag on the battleship Prince Souvar-
off, he was really on board of the Boro-s
dino during. the action. When the Boro-.
dino was sinking he boarded the Rus
sian destroyer Bedovi, on which he was
eventually captured by the Japanese.
Japs Giving Details.
The navy departments made the fol
lowing announcement today: &c.
:. Later reports from the different di-..
visions of the fleet engaged in the naval
battle Of May 81. show as follows:
The Russian battleship Oslyaba was
heaV1ly damaged in the early part of
the battle att Saturday, going down at 3
the b2attleship Sissoi Veliky.
The armOred cruiser Admiral Max
himoff and Vladimir Monomach, after
being In the general engagement dur
ing the daytime, were still further dam
aged by torpedoes during attacks by
night, and were eventually. completely
disabled. They drifted into the vicin-
covered on Sunday morning, May %, by
the auxiliary cruisers Shilano, Yawata,
TalnaG and Sado, which were about to
capture them, but they all sank
The crews of our auxiliary cruisers
rescued 9l5 of the crew of the sunken
| Russian ships
@ Japs Used Torpedoes.
"The battleship Navarin was storpe-
day May 20 and sunk. The surviv-
Ors OF the Navarin s crew confirm the
story of her destruction ~@
The cruisers Niitaka and "a Ottawa
discovered the Russian cruiser SWEET
lana at 9 Q clock on Sunday morning in
mediately attacked and sunk her. The
commander of the, Niitaka reports the
facts. " E9
1T is suspected that the Russian
| cruisers Almaz and Aurora were sunk
by torrped!oes on the night of May 81.
! 1.-THE former report includes the
Jemtschug sank, but as Vet this re-
mains unconfrmed, and the cruiser s
name has been excluded from the re-
vised list of Russian vessels destroyed.
| Russ Fighting Power Lost.
: Judging from this and former re-
ports OF the enemy's main strength
! consisting of eight battleships de.
cruisers and three coast defense ships
destroyed or captured, with the second
class cruisers and other vessels de.
stroyed, the enemy fighting power is
thus annihilated.
!; Later reports show that during the
!, night of May 27 our torpedo boats
Nos. 81, 35 and 50 were sunk by the
! majority of their crews. Besides the
: above there was no damage worth re
4 porting. No warships nor destroyers
: suffered any loss of fighting or navigat
ing power
/ Jap Casualties Slight.
RI eve anticipated heavy loss of life
paratively, slight. They do not exceed
!: 86Oskilled and wounded. The casualt,
: lreport will be rendered as speedily a
: possible in, order to reassure familie
> Land friends.
r. 7 NEARLY the whole strength of boil
= ,combatants met in battle and the are,
. lof the fighting was very wide.
even without the smoke. and fumes RE
sulting from the battle it was impossi
g BILE. to see five miles. During the da,
4 it was impossible to locate or observ
Q all ships under my command TIL
fighting having lasted two days an
e the: ships Of my command being scat
g tered for the purpose of chasing an
}, attacking the enemy, having receive
special orders after the battle it is i'm
= possible to collect and frame any de
tailed report covering the whole battl
at the same time.