Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-02
Wounded Japanese Sailors
Tell Of the Battle.
Fleet Surrounded Russians,
Pounding Them to Pieces.
Nebogatoff Left Ship and Surrendered on
Board the ASama.

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of wounded japanese sailors have ar
rived. at the hospital. at Mhidzuru navy
yard They describe the battle between
The Japanese and Russian fleet as fol-
lows:
al dawn. Saturday. our squadron
left its rendezvous and advanced
through the TsuShma channel. At 2,OS.
in the afternoon we sighted the Rus
sian fleet. Gradually closing in. we
found the I\niaz SouV"ro:t leading the
line with the Borodino. the Alexander
III, the Orei the OsIyba and the Nav
arin following, i'll thu order named. The
.[icolai | brought up ;he rear Parallel
10 this line we observed five cruisers.
After them came the special ships and
torpedo boat destroyers. We counted 81
Russian ships in all.
Our fleet with the battleShip MikaS1
leading. proceeded towards the Rus
slams in vertical line formation. TIE
Souvarctf opened fire first and then
suddenly turned. reversing her course.
Almost simultaneously the Mikasa OPP
ened fire with her big guns and thus
the curtain rose on he great sea bat
i'm toward each other, exchanging a
vigorous fire. The armored cruiser Aza-
ma approached within 1000 metres of
the Russian fleet and carefully observed
its action.
After a short but fierce fight the Ad-
mirdl OuShakoff'S deck was observed to
be ablaze and she left the line. BY 4.3G
i'll the afternoon. the Russian line was
disOrdered and its fire ilackcncd. The
Borodino ana Kamtchatka had been
disabled and soon sank. The BOrodinn
continued to fire bravcly until the ship
was submerged.
THE Japanese :ieet continued to
maintain cnNclOpinS positions from
shutdown. Sunday morning opened mis-
ty, but the weather soon cleared and
the search for the remnants of the Rus
sian fleet was begun. Five Russian
ships were discovered in the vicinity Of
Liangcourt island. and they were i'm
mcGiately surrounded. one. supposed t.
be the Izumrud. escaped at full speed
The remaining four offered no resis-
tancc and hoistcd the Japanese flag
over TIE Russian colors, apparently Of
ftring to surrender.
tpt. i'1lllo, tHt ALd-
ma. started in a small boat to ascer-
tam the real Intentions Of the Russians
when Admiral Nebogatoff lowered a
boat and came on board the Asama
where he formally surrendered. The
prisoners wore distributed among the
Japanese ships and prize crews were
selected to take possession of the cap
turCd vessels.
About this time we received a mes
sage saying that a iortion of our
squadron was hotly engaging the re-
manning Russian ships. The Asama
FASTENED 20 the scene OF combat and
found the Russian cruiser Dmitri Don
skoi vigorously resisting the Japanese
attack. The Donskoi attempted to os-
cape and w" pursued until after sun
down. resuming torpedo attacks at
niehtfall.
Monday morning, the sea fight was
resumed by a portion of the japanese
squadron and il was learned that the
DonSkoi had been beacllod on U-llon Is
land. We We're ordered to bring the
Orel to Maidzuru. On the way the cap
tain of the Orcl died of wounds rccciv-
Cd during the battle. While we were
proceeding we We're advised Of the cap
TURF of RoJestvensky and our mon were
greatly cheered by the news"