New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-02
HOW VICTORY WAS WOt7
Japanese offers Kir'id Description
OF Togo's Masterpiece.

Toxic. Nay 31.-A japanese officer VINO mas
returned to Saseho gives the following account
Of the sea fight off the Tsu Islands
At 5.30 o'clock Saturday morning wireless
message reading, The enSmy squauIoA Il ~
sight" reached the naval base. rms iie7s',e 80
was transmitted to ali our ships ny tile l's-
ship with instructions 70 get ready lo1 -~lg5i
Our so1Iadron left their rendezvous ana he'iaeI
for the eastern channel OF IsusniHa- -.
men seemed to be filed with new i4S @li9-I -
and were eager for the lo"G delayed H5'' u
begin $780,, 90 .b. sou+b
,,esf the sea was rough and the torpedo poaIS
were forced to run for the shelter OF me isiald'
Our third fighting squadron, Win .ue - 80
shiho TO port reconnoitred the Russian coIr5''
and at I 30 a m informed the main SQuadEoA
hZ- wireless telegraph that the RUSSIAN shlPS
were passing into the east elis.ilSI, ~ - go
our main squadron. changing It's course SoLLie- some
what TO the southwark, came IN slsht OF O6lIl- O6l
shina at O'Clock in the afternoon. ! ne tniTH
diytsion arrived later and joined the Inala
ea,Ia5Ton The first and second divisions, &c
cornpanied by the destroyer fotIll9' cnanseu 70
the fourth Cestr9,cr HotlHd h114eu siiSh''S
6,.'Ig the n1aneeuvre the Russian flagship
appeared 10 the southHd ard at 10 o CLOCK nie
Russians steamed up III douole coluIlh- I'M
feet vas numerous but TO uVinS Dslng was
visible The Russian ships seemed 10 be IN
eood order Cur ships h0isted the flag of ac-
Tto| 90C" me lIikasa signalling. The destiny OF
our empire depends upon this action fou are
all expected 20 10 your utmost Cur inen
seemed silently to weigh the signlhcance OF
this signal
THE ENGAGEMENT OPENS.
orr first and second divisions turned to the
Russians starboard while the thlEd division
kept in close touch with the preceding TWO d.
visions With the japanese ships proceeding II
this order it was 2:13 o'clock when the russians
opened fire The first two shots fell snort OF
our line and it was some minutes later beIora
we commenced firing. Then the battle was on
/ with firing from both sides. Our destroyers
/ kept on the port side of the main squadron ana
| in this formation We pressed the russians
/ against the coast of I<iusnu, and tney "ei-
/ obliged TO change their course 20 the east
| We so nlanCeuVred our ships as 70 nave thei'
I bows parallel 70 the north SIDE or tae f.uS-
/ sian line The AIikas1 of our first division
I which had been leading. Charsej 20 the rear o!
! the line while the KasCEa headed the me ms
/ enpase now became very herce- ine boro-
( ttno was seen TO Zoe fire y little later n
/ Russians headed west. and We changed oul
/ col,rse accordingly Five ships OF our second d
| vision concentrated tdeir fire on the B0roiino
/ 0ur FIRST division now began firing vigorously
/ proceeding parallel With the Russian line ale
/ as we began TO press against the head OF tn
/ Russian line our third division vetfed 70 N
/ Russian rear thus enVelopinS their ships.
The engagement proceeded hotiy. our sec
, ond division followed a course parallel with IN
ment completed the development, The Russian
| ships were seen tryipS 20 break through an
our destroyer fotina intercepted their ne7