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TOCO SMASHES
CARS FLEET
japanese Admiral Wins
Most Remarkable Victory
of the War.
R0JESTvENSKY CAPTURED

Armada That Hoped to Accomplish
So Much-Tokio Delirious With JOY
While St. Petersburg is Overcome
With Sorrow Peace Looked Fo,
Shortly as War Is Left Entirely &c
Land Flghting-Admfral Nebogaton'l
Fleet Annihilated and Its Commando,
a Prisoner.
Toxic, Japan.-Admiral Togo has met
the armada of Admiral Rojestvensky
and the worlds greatest naval battle
has ended in victory for the japanese.
The Russian loss in ships was ap-
proximately only thirty-three per cent,
but this showing u more sig
niicant proportions when it is under
stood that four of the eight battleships,
five Of the nine armored and protected
cruisers, all three coast defense. YES
sells, which are known in America as
monitors, and three of the thirteen de-
stroyers are included in the list of Rus
sian casualties.
Eliminating the ~destroyers, which are
not classed as belonging to the line Of
battle formation, the percentage Of
loss to the effective fighting force is
even greater, being an even sixty per
cent. According to the accounts re-
ceived, the Russians lost nineteen ves-
sells out Of a total feet Of ifty-eight
vessels. The vessels not included in
the list Of casualties number, according
to the latest information as to the COM
position Of Rojestvensky's feet, four
battleships, four cruisers, ten destroy
ers, and twenty-five of the twenty-five
other vessels, which embraced six aux
Hilary cruisers, five vessels Of the vol
unteer fleet, ten transports, one tank
vessel, n repair vessel and two hos
pital ships.
The city is almost in a delirium Of
joy I'VE Togo's victory.
HoLuiloi 1OSo lSpolt SuoWS ludI lue
Baltic fleet was allowed to pass
through the straits of Korea until it
reached Oki Island, where the Japanese
torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroy
ers attacked the Russians at night, GER
tainly sinking four Of them.
The Japanese main feet then pur-
sued the retreating Russians, catching
up first with the battleships Imperator
Nicolai L. and. Orel, the coast defense
ships Admiral Seniavin and Admiral
Apraxin and the protected cruiser
Izumrud off the Liancourt Rocks the
following day.
The Japanese Immediately attacked.
The fast Izumrud tied, and the four
others surrendered.
The battleships Borodino and I'm
perator Alexander I'LL, the protected
cruiser Semtchug and three others
were sunk. Rear-Admiral Nebogatof
and 1000 other Russians were cap
tured.
Admiral Togo's commanders and
lookouts reported that The cruisers
Admiral Nakhimoff, Dmitri .Donskoi
and Svietlana, the coast defense YES
sci Admiral Oushakoff, the special yes
sells Kamtchatka and Itisch CO and
three destroyers were sunk. The
cruiser Monomach sank after she vas
captured.
A large commissary steamer and a
destroyer were captured. There was a
total Of thirteen Russian vessels sunk
and six captured. Three thousand
prisoners were taken. The Japanese
feet suffered no loss.
1t Is reported that eight Russian Cap
tains were drowned in the sinking Of
their ships.
Russia's effective strength is now:
Eight ~battleships, four armored ,cruis-
ers, eleven protected cruisers and two
coast defense vessels. AS q matter Of
fact, for reasons given above, this fleet
is inferior to its paper strength, and on
an immediate call the two best bat
tleships, unfinished, and two dis
mantled protected cruisers would be
out Of it.
The japanese Navy has actually
strengthened since the beginning Of
the war. A battleship and a cruiser
were lost at Port Arthur; but the re-
cent captures more than make up for
that. She has now seven battleships,
five of them first class, three coast de-
Tense vessels, eight armored cruisers
and twelve protected cruisers.
All Of these, with the possible ex-
ception of two coast defense vessels
captured from the Russians, are effec-
tive fighting units. In addition to this
the Japanese will probably manage to
rntr1 n-I raD0tr ~ 80 k1,1 DN,rrto y,
vessels sunk at Port Arthur.
Rear-Admiral Nebogatof's entire
Third Pacific Squadron was either cap
tured or sunk in the battle. Not one of
his fighting ships escaped, and he him
self is a prisoner.
1t was reported that seventy Jap
anese torpedo boats dashed into the
Russians, sinking and disabling battle
ships and cruisers, but at q terrible
cost, sixty of them being lost.
It was stated that the crew of one of
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