New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-02
A FIEET CORRESPONDENTS STORY.

London, June 1.-The Toxic correspondent o.
THE Daily Telegraph sends a description VI
the naval battle, from a correspondent with th7
Japanese fleet who describes the scene as SUI
perbly terrible, the guns of nearly htty war
ships firing.
Togo's vessels this correspondent says ma
ncpuvred with perfect precision For time
both belligorents gave shot for shot, but Win d
hostile squadron on each side and anothef aheau
of him Rojestvensky was practically defeated
within a few hours, and was caught in the trap
which had been waiting for him since ne leI'
Madagascar. He displayed hesitation in his tao
tics and this resulted in the utter confusion OF
the Russian fleet.
An Internal concentration of fire reached It's
zenith at o'clock in the afternoon. AS the
Russians advanced in the direction or Vladl-
vostok a japanese squadron was lying between
them and their destination. and the doomed
Russians were battered all sides. Between
and O'Clock in the afternoon cruiser of the
Admiral Nakhinoff class and the repair ship
Kamchatka foundered after their upper works
had been shattered. The Russians broke IN
utter disorder, lost their formation and went
zigzag. The japanese closed In and pressed
them toward the Nagoto coast.
The fight the correspondent says lasted until
I o'clock in the evening. The correspondent
continues:
Togo risked nothing and lost nothing Dark
ness brought glorious night with smooth and
TRANSPARENT seas The Russians were edging
northward, with the powerful Japanese fleet IN
a horizontal line across their bows forming an
effective barrier. Then, under searchlights and
the cover of the big guns Of the warshfps the
Japanese torpedo fiotiIla began like locusts to
sting and sink the enemy, the Russians contfn-
ung to return the gun fire. At o'clock in the
morning the fighting was fierce and intense, and
no rest was allowed the Russians.
With dawn of Sunday the japanese fleet came
into still closer range. All long the battle
continued and by evening raging off North
| erD Nagoto The Russians were poweress to
! offer any effective resistance.
The tremendous cannonade had not ceased
| from o'clock Saturday afternoon until
! O'Clock Sunday morning. when the formation of
the japanese fleet remained unaltered, but the
| battle not finished until Monday morning.
| The Russians made straight for the waters Of
TSu Channel without any attempt at reconnOS-
| sance. convincing the Japanese that they We're
afflicted with excessive confidence The facts
have proved that the Russians were completely
ignorant Of the exact whereabouts of the Japan
! csc fleet which lay concealed in places kept
| strictly secret There fog, but the move
| ments of the fleets were hampered by great
! waves
RUSSIANS TRIED TO BREAK THROUGH.
Almost every Japanese shell told and told
well. The Russians made repeated but unavaiI-
! ing efforts TO break the ring of steel, and st
! night they concentrated a fearful fire on the
Japanese torpedo fotillas Togo estimates that
he thus compelled them to enormous
+, quantity of ammunition.
The most severe cannonade occurred between
! and o'clock on Sunday afternoon, when four
| of the Russian warships were sent to the bot
tom. and the enemy, thrown into confusion be-
| gan his northward flight Togo having closed the
| gate to the southwark. 1t was a short race.
| Togo's superior speed soon enabled him to place
/ crescent formed barrier in front of Rojest-
/ vensky, whose plight then became miserable
| and hopeless The Russian ships scattered.
/ They were beyond control. and fed or ffoundered
| irl the heavy sea, offering feeble resistance.
| The Japanese navy, without loss. gained one
| of the greatest victories ever won. It was not
altogether strategy nor altogether gallantry, but
the battle by splendid combination
of both
Washington, June 1.-The Japanese Legation
to-day made public the following dispatch from
Toxic dated June l. giving further details of the
naval battle off Tsu Island:
Eighth report from Togo, received May 81:
Commander kasuga returned this afternoon
with survivors Dmitri DOnskof. Reports Donskoi
| morning May % opening Kingston valve. Sank
and those on board including survivors from
| Oslyabya and destroyer Bouinvi landed Urleung
vensky and staff before sinking of flagship after
! noon May u, and also 200 from Oslyabya, but
finding navigation difficult, transferred Rojest-
! vensky and staff to Biedovy, and while running
! northward met. morning May % Donskoi tc
! which all aboard We're transferred and Bunny
| sank herself. Oslyabya, according to other sur
vivors. had coming tower struck at first straight
| shot of battle May q and Admiral Voelkersam
| killed. and, after succession of shots, sank about
o'clock in the afternoon Survivors Donsko
say they saw two destroyers sink in thick of bat
tie noon May 81. This, If true makes five Rus
| sian deStroyers sunk.
| TIyEr TZTTHRTTn HITS PEEE