The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-06-07
TELLS OF The FIGHT.

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TELLS OF THE FIGHT
Russian Officers Give Soma 1e:ails O
the Terrible Battle.
The Japs Had Two Battle ships and
Two Cruisers Sunk and SeT.
eral Torpedo Boats Sunk.
| A dispatch from Vladivostok, uDde
date Of May 30, says two ships alon'
OF Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's power
tul fl ,t!ila, the swift cruiser Alma
and the tor pedo boat destroyer Grozny
lie at anchor here today in the curv:n;
ha:bor OF Go!denhorn, they havirs
,erarased from the fleet in the early
stage Of the battle which began In The
Kerea straiys Saturday and h aded, tr
obedience to orIers, with full speed tt
Vladivos; ok.
Up to 4 o'clock this afternoon NJ
other vessels OF the Baltic fleet hac
yet arrived and the signal stations a:
A,kold and R!mskykorsakof island:
reported none in sight. Officers OF the
| c,maz ard G:ezny say that both fleets
had already sustained terrible losses
when the Aimaz and Grozny brok:
through the hostile line.
OF the japanese two ba.tleships hac
gone down before their eyes, and two
cruisers, their sterns high out Of the
water, seemed ready to plunge fore,
most to the botton Of the sea. The
Jananese torpedo boats played the prln'
cipal role in the defeat OF the Russian
feet. They we're sent in for action
again ard again under perfect hai
of shot from the Russian rapid frlre
guns. More than one half Of tie Jap.
anese fotilla OF torpedo boats was
sunk.
The Russian f 'et, they say, was even
IN a sadder plight. RajsstvenSSy' S
flagship, the Kniaz SuVarof, and bel
sister ship, tie 3 rodine, and the cruis-
ers O,liaha and Ucal were uSte:lv &C.
stroysd, ard when the fog closed down
and hid the scene Ut battle fron sight
of tie speeding ships, a third great
Russian battlascip, the Alexander Ill,
seemed in sore distress but lmpirg
northward, putting up valiant hxot
against thror gs OF torpedo toats anc
still continuing her attacks on the
cruisers OF the Island empire Torpedo
beats were also cliEgirg around the
ctoer ships cf the f ct like aneersd
aSps, separate d,ti:las car iIg 4
again aad again 10 }aunca rH-5i- weap-
CnS.
The Alnaz, which arrived at heT
anchorage nere Monday evening, bears
scars OF the bet:le. Her mizz NJ as.
is shot away: anG one Of her smoke
stacks is pierced by a connon SHOT.
But the GcCzny, though engaged Ter
sereral hours in running fight al
short range with large Japanese &C.
stroyer, shows no signs OF the fray.
After her commander, Capt. An
drifski had been wourdsd and sn ctfi-
Ger and three men bad b.en killed, the
Grozcy succeeded in sinking her oppo-
neat with a lucky placed shot arc
rsached Vlaoi7osT ok without further
adventure at II O'Clock this morning.
As the A!maz dropped anchor ex.
cltement beyond description scized the
throa ging spectators who with frantic
''huzz.s'' tossed high their caps Citi.
zens embraced each other AID dance1
jubilanJ!y upoo the pier, while the
crews # the ships in the harbor joined
in vic cheering. In trce the boats
we're dropped from the davits AID in
moment the officers OF tie cruisers
and Torpedo boats in the harbor srd
5le military officials from the fortress
were swarnipg On board the Alnaz 70
learn news OF Ihe fight.
The story was stort. According to
the officers Of the Almsz, the feet
under Rojss:vensky met the japanese
in the Straits Of Knrea near TSu island
and the opposing fleets Immediately
closed in. Being lightly arnored, rne
Alnaz, as had been ordered by Ac-
miral Rojusiysnsky before the battle,
separated itself from the main h5et
at the first opportunity and headed fol
V:adivostck soon after the con mence.
mert Of the action. but not t&o 5000
20 observe that the loses OF both SiGes
in the titanic combat were great.
E -rly in the battle an 6,ec Of the
Almaz, while waEc:ling Ri stvensk I
fl .yShip, the battseship K:.laZ S0uvar:
eff fora signal, saw the fag.hip saud'
der from sem to stern as il u2der Z
blow from a gigantic hammer and hes
itate in her course, while the waves
rose high from her arGored sides Tner
she com Eenced to list aud sink.
The of6car5 believe that the oebu:
OF the submarine boat as an eff :cllVe
agent in naval warfare, or perhaps
large mine, caused the disaster 70 the
Klisz Scuvaroff. The dansga, how
ever, was so extensive that thc hagshi;
soon went down, leaving tie Geek Off
GERS and many Of the crew struggling
in the waves.
One OF the Russian torpedo boats
either tie destroyer Buiny or th'
Bravi, ran in and picked up 8 runbe
OF the swimmers, one OF whom wa
recognized through glass as Admira
E j;stvensky.
Under a eruelliag attack from tb
japanese warships, aid. q by torre3'
boats, mines and submarines, the B9ro
dioo, Os.:abia end U,al were place
out Of action and followed the H. & hi
, 20 the bottom.
J The fog, which had raised and 10"
ered in1ernittenly during the morning
, bssan to settle down again, and u
, distance OF the Aim q, which had no
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