New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-03
RUSSIAN SHIPS HULLED.
THE JAPANESE GUNNERI
Rattle Line Not Once Broken-A
Destrouer's Work.

,,5on Tune a-The correspondent at Toxic
of THE Daily Mail" n dispatch cohceiiiiiie
the naval battle says:
Owing to the heavy sea In the carrier pa i1. OF
the engagement the Russian bulls were oiscIose ot
below the waterline presenting soou lai SeC
and enabling the japanese guns TO usurp the
functions of torpedoes . ,r,ro.a,,s
znribins his attack on the battleship Kniaz
S,1,-.rofs savs he discharged two torpedoes
AGAINST her from distance OF hunorea yal US
All the Russian survivors confess that tne
rananese formation was never broken ana say
that their shooting was masnificent.
The Toxic correspondent Of THE Daily Teie-
v-onb" to-day again sends interesting adoi-
tonal details of the naval battle received iroiii
Noii. sasebo and other points.
r. 3. stated that when Rear Admiral Neboga-
+orf surrendered the Russians hoisted red fags
on their topnasts, with Russian flags oelo"
Them The crews were drawn UP in parade or
dor on the decks, and some Of the sailors were
waving white flags The whole affair. the dis-
match saws was Contemplate spectacle.
The correspondent of the paper. who witnessed
the hattie says that toward sunset, when the
egb+,ne was at its fercest stage. there were
Gonna sickening sights beyond human power OF
description.
The sasebo correspondent describes some
pathetic scenes. He saw exhausted 1usNlNe
Russian sailors striking on places beneath hlsh
cliffs in remote and deserted parts where there
were no roads. All of them we're thirsty hungry
and overwrought Two Japanese cruisers en-
gagged in a mercful search saved six hunoreo
Russians.
The same correspondent says that when the
Japanese boarded the destroyer Biedovy' aIter
completely disabling her. Admiral Rojestvensky
was the last man to be discovered he was
hiding at the bottom of the destroyer, and was
bleeding freely from many wounds. The cor
respondent goes on:
II is understood that Admiral Nebogatoff who
is grateful for the kind treatment given him by
order Of the Mikado. will be allowed 10 proceeu
home within q few days. His surrender was
disgraceful and unaccountable. An examlnat I1n
of his ships shows that. though the guns were
rusty and the bottoms of the vessels covered
with seaweed there was no lack OF nsntlhs re-
sources There were heaps of ammunition ana
no traces of damage by the japanese shells
Another correspondent of THE Daily Tele-
graph" says that the captain Of the armored
cruiser Dmitri Donskoi admitted the foolhardi-
ness Of trying to force the Tsu Strait. He said;
The Japanese navy is the finest in the world
The crews were so cool and brave as to appear
almost like demons and not human beings.
The crew of the cruiser Ural describe how
three successive 12-inch shells completely dis
abled the vessel and sent her to the bottom
inside forty minutes Ali stories. 1.-THE Tele-
grapfl's' correspondents say, contrast the ac-
curacy of the japanese gunnery With the WIG
firing of the Russians who were outfousnt ana
outmaneuvred at al points. 1t is stated that
Admiral Togo on the night before the battle
when he knew from his scouts that the Rus
slams would be off Tsu Island on the following
| morning and knew that all his preparations
were complete, slept soundly.
According to dispatches from Shanghai, the
Japanese preparing an expedition for the
| island of Saghalien and have threatened To
send a fleet to Shanghai to compel the OBJ
servance of neutrality with regard to the Rus
sian vessels there. This threat, the dispatches
say has induced the Russian Consul to consent
! that the vessels be inteTned.