Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-06-02
TOGO'S BIG VICTORY
ROJESTVENSKY'S FLEET PRACTI-
CALLY ANNIHILATED.
Twelve Warships Have Been Sunk or
Captured and TWO Transports and
TWO Boat Destroyers sunI-5 Battle
Occurred in Korean stralts-com-
batants Lose Heavily.

Toxic, May 30.-It is officially an
nounced that Admiral RojestVensky's
fleet has been practically annihilated.
Twelve warships have been sunk or
captured, and two transports and two
torpedo boat destroyers have been
sunk.
The correspondent of the Morning
Post at Shanghai says that telegram
has been received there announcing
that Rojestvenszy's fleet has been de-
feated and is fleeing northward. and
that four Russian ships. including the
battleship Borodino, have been sunk.
The Toxic correspondent Of the Daily
Mail says that the Russian feet has
been dispersed; that several Russian
ships have been disabled, and that the
remainder are in fight. with the Jap
anese pursuing.
According to the latest information,
the battle between the Russian and
Japanese naval forces for the suprem-
acy OF the oriental seas. on which
hangs the outcome of the war in the
far east, has begun, if it has not ter
minated decisively. All dispatches re-
ceived by the Associated Press point
to a Japanese victory, though it is not
yet known that the full force of Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky's fighting ships
took part in the contest. which. &C
cording to the dispatches, took place
in the comparatively narrow waters of
the strait Of Korea.
mba A,.cf IN form 4ioy, oouno II, die.
patch from the American consul at
Nagasaki to the state department at
Washington telling that the Japanese
had sunk one Russian battleship, four
other warships and repair ship in
the Korean strait, and this was fol-
lowed by a dispatch received by the
state department, the date Of which
was not given, that the Japanese gov
eminent has made the announcement
that its feet had engaged the Russians
in the strait of Korea Saturday and
had held them" The state department
also received information that two
of the vessels reported to have been
sunk were the sister battleships orel
and Borodino, and that three of the
other ships were cruisers.
From Tsingtau, the German port on
the Shantung peninsula, came a re-
port that a running naval engagement
took place near the island of Oki in
the sea Of Japan. 1000 miles northeast
of the strait Of Korea, and that the
whole Russian feet did not participate,
the slow vessels having been sent
around Japan.
Russian sources give no news of the
battle, while the Japanese, following
their custom, are silent as to either
the battle or its outcome.
Prolonged Engagement.
Tsingtau, May 2S-There is a run
ming naval engagement between the
Russian and Japanese fleets in the
strait Of Korea, near the. island Of Ok
1t is reported that the whole Russian
fleet is not participating, all the slow
er vessels having steamed around Jap
an. The Japanese losses SO far are
stated to be one cruiser and 10 torpedo
boats. The island of Oki is in the ses
of Japan about 200 miles northeast Of
the strait of Korea, where the battle
between the Japanese and Russian
fleets is reported to have had its be
ginning,
Later.