Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-02

reserved five cruisers. After them
came special service ships and torpedo
destrOyers. We counted 32 Russians
in all. Our fleet with the battleship
Mikasa leading, proceeded toward the
Russians in vertical formation.
Opened Fire.
The Souvaroff opened fire first and
then suddenly turned, reversing her
course. Almost simultaneously the
Mikasa opened fire with her big guns
and thus the curtain rose on the great
sea battle. The hostiles gradually clos
ed in toward each other exchanging a
vigorous fire.
The aTmored cruiser Asama ap-
preached within 5000 metres of the
Russian fleet and carefully observed
its action. After a short and bitter
fight Admiral Oushakoff's deck was OBJ
served to be ablaze, and the ship left
sthe line.
By 4;30 in the afternoon the Russian
line was disordered and its fire slack
eled. The Borodino and Kamchatka
had been disabled and soon sank. The
BorOdino continued to fire braVely un
til the ship was submerged. The Jap
anese fleet continued to maintain en-
veloping positions from SundoWn until
dawn.
Weather Cleared.
Sunday morning opened misty but
the weather soon cleared. Search be
gan for the remnants of the Russian
fleets. Five Russian ships were discOv-
N tho UininifU nf lianRnnrt isl
ands, and they Immediately surrender
ed. One. supposed to be the lZumrud,
escaped at full speed. The remaining
four offered no resistance and hOisted
the Japanese flag over the Russian
colors. apparently offering to surren-
der Captain Yashire commanding the
Asama started in a small boat to as
certain the real intentions of the Rus
slams when Admiral Nebogatoff lower
ed a boat and came on board the Asa
ma where he formally surrendered.
The prisoners were distributed
among the Japanese ships and prize
crews selected to take possession of
the captured vessels. About this time
we received a message saying a por-
ton of our squadron was hotly engag
ing the remaining Russian ships. The
Asama hastened TO the scene of the
combat and found the Russian cruiser
Demitri Donskoi vigorously resisting
the Japanese attack. The Donskoi at
tempted 10 escape and We pursued un-
til after sundown, reSuming torpedo at
tacks at nightfall
Search Resumed.
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resumed by a portion of the Japanese
squadron and it was learned the Don
skoi had been beached at Ulloun isl
and. We were ordered to bring the
Orel to Miadzuru. On the way the cap
tain of the Orel died of wounds re
ceived during the battle. While We
were proceeding We were advised oi
the capture of Rojestvensky and our
men were greatly cheered."
No More Russians Found.
Toxic. June Togo, telegraphing
Yesterday, says: The ships sent
oorthward TO search for Russian ships
returned yesterday. The vessels sent
southwark TO find the Russian ships
returned today. They thoroughly
| searched the Shanghai course from
Tsushima and vicinity between both
sides, but found no traces of the Rus
slams.
| sunk I'm One Minute.
During the battle May p the cruiser
| lwate vigorously attacked the protect
"a cruiser Jemtchug at a distance of
| 1000 meters. The Jemtchug sank in
one minute.
4
Washington. June Count Cassini
| he Russian ambassador, has made an
appointment with the president al 2:30
1 his afternoon. II is understood they
will discuss the entire eastern situa
ton in the light of recent develop
ments.