The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1905-06-03

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continuing her attacks on the
cruisers Of the island empire.
Torpedo boats were also clinging
rOund the rear ships Of the feet
like angered wasps, the separate
flotillas darting in again and
again to launch their weapons.
The Almaz, which arrived at
her anchorage here Monday even
ling bears the scars Of battle.
Her mizzen mast is shot away,
and one of her smoke stacks is
pierced by cannon shot. But the
GFozny, though engaged for sew
eral hours in q running fight at
short range with the long Japan
ese destroyer, shows no signs of
the fray. After her commander,
Captain Andrifiski, had been
wounded and an officer and three
men had been killed, the Grozny
succeeded in sinking her Oppon-
ent with a lucky shot and reach
ed Vladivostok without further
adventure at IL o'clock this
morning.
For the past two days Vladi-
vostok has been buzzing with
rumor and excitement. The fact
that q battle between the rival
fleets was imminent, If Rojest-
vensky was not already ct hand
grips with Togo, was made known
through kilograms from Europe,
and when it was learned Monday
morning that a Russian schooner
had been sighted off Askold is
land headed for the harbor the
city was filed with the widest
reports Of every nature.
SUNK WITH 500 on BOARD.
London, May SO.-The Toxic
correspondent Of the Daily Ex-
press reports that the cruiser
GrOmoboi Of the yladivost0k
squadron, with nearly 500 men
on board; issued from yiadiyos-
tok in the hope Of joining the
remnant of ROiestvensky's feet,
and that it struck . Japanese
mine and sunk with all hands.
The correspondent says it is be-
Elieved Vice Admiral Skrydloff
was on the Gr0mobOi.
TOGO TELLS OTHER DETAILS OF THE
BATTLE.
Washington, May 80. The
Japanese legation tonight gave
out the following from : cable
gram from Toxic:
THE fifth report received from
Admiral Togo was received after
May 8Oth and it reads this way
The main force Of our combined
feet, upon accepting the surren-
der Of the remaining Russian
force near the Liam Count rocks
in the afternoon of May 18th,
as already reported, stopped the
pursuit and while engaged in the
disposition Of the surrendered
ships, found in q southwestern
direction the additional Ushakofi
q coast defense ship. The Reu.
pom, the Iwate and the Yakumc
were Immediately dispatched in
pursuit and invited her TO sur.
render, but she refused and wat
sunk at 8 p. m. Her crew d
lover 800 men were rescued. The
Icruiser Dimitri DOnskOi was alsC
found in d northwestern direc
tion at 5 p. M. and wasimme
i diately overtaken and fired upoI
vigorously BY our fourth division
land the second destroyer ilotiIIa
.sGhe was attacked that nigh
lIby the second destroyer hctilll
and next morning was foun,
IagrOund on the southeastern
shore Of Urleung island off III,
Korean coast. Our destr0ye
Sazanami captured, toward thl
evening Of May 9th south .
Urleung island, the Russian De
Estroyer Biedovy, wherein va
found Admiral Roiestvensky anl
another admiral, both seyereI
wounded, together with eight
Russians, including the staff u
Ulcers from the flagship Primo
Suvar6iE. which vas sunk 1t 5 q
Ip, n. On May 2Tths
They were al taken prison