Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-06-01

pondent of the Telegraph sends an In
teresting description of the naval bat
tie from a correspondent with the jap
anese fleet who describes the scene as
supremely terrible, the guns of near
ly fifty warships firing. Togo's YES
sells maneuvered with perfect preci-
sion. For time both bellfgerents
gave shot for shot, but with the hos
tile squadron ahead of him, Rojest-
vensky was practically defeated in q
few hours and was caught in a trap
which had been waiting for him since
he left Madagascar He displayed
| hesitation In his tactics and this re-
suited in the utter confusion of the
Russian feet. The internal concentra-
| tion of fire reached it's zenith at two in
the afternoon. AS the Russians ad-
vanced in the direction of Vladivo-
stock, the Japanese squadron was ly.
ing between them and their destina
tion and the doomed Russians were
battered on all sides. Between 3 and
5 in the afternoon a cruiser of the
Admiral Nakhimoff class and the re-
pair ship Kamtchatka foundered. The
Russians broke in disorder, lost forma
ion and went zigzag. The fight lasted
til o'clock. The correspondent
continues: Togo risked nothing and
lost nothing. Darkness brought a
glorious night with a smooth sea. The
Russians were edging northward with
f,,l
their bows forming an effective bar
rier. Then, under the searchlights and
covers of the big guns Of the warships, |
the torpedo flotilla began like locusts
to sting and sink the enemy. the Rus
SLAMS continuing to return the fire. At
two in the morning the fighting was
fierce and intense and no rest was al
lowed the Russians. With the dawn
of Sunday the Japanese fleet came to
still closer range. All day long the
battle continued with the Russians
powerless to render effective resist |
ance."
A Victory at Small Cost.
Toxic, June 1.-The navy depart |
ment today gave out the following: |
Later reports from different divisions
of the fleet engaged in the naval bat
tie of May 9th show the following:
The Russian battleship Oslabya was
heavily damaged In the early part of
the fight on Saturday going down at
8 o'clock in the afternoon. The first
Russian vessel sunk was the battle
ship Sissoi Veliky. The armored
cruisers Admiral Nakhimoff and Vladi-
mir Monomach after being In the gen.
eral engagement during the day time
were still further damaged by the tor
pedo attacks during the night and
we're completely disabled. The battle
ship Navarin was torpedoed four times
after sundown and sunk. The cruisers
Niitaki and Ottawa discovered the
Russian cruiser SHETLAND at o'clock
On Sunday morning In the vicinity Of
Chappyan Bay and Immediately at
lacked and sunk her. 1t Is supposed
that the Russian cruisers, Almaz and
Aurora were sunk by torpedoes on the
night of May 27. Judging from these
reports the enemy's main loss consist
I'd of eight battleships destroyed or
captured, three armored cruisers and
.hree coast defense ships destroyed or
captured with second class cruisers
md other vessels destroyed. The en-
emy's fighting power was thus anni-
,ilated. Later reports show that Z
hree of our torpedo boats were sunk 9
~ the enemy's fire. Besides the above Q
10 damage is worth reporting. No
suffered any loss of fighting
,r navigating power.
A Staggering Disaster.
Toxic, June Admiral Togo's sup
report reached the navy !
department yesterday and makes the
lefeat of the Russians a staggering
disaster unequalled In naval history I
every fighting ship of the !
nee splendid feet was either sunk or q
,aptured, representing loss of ton .
lage exceeding one hundred and fifty q
thousand tons. The remaining units Of
he fleet, consisting largely of auxil-
aries and transports have been dis Q
'ersed, some going to Vladivostock, :
thers to the Chinese coast. The to- q
al Japanese casualties are under 800.
The Russian Waifs.
London, June 1.-The Daily Tele- p
raph's Toxic correspondent says that
hree Russian warships have arrived
t Hamada, on the west coast Of Hon. d
hiu. Japan, and will probably be cap o.
ured.
Admiral voelksrsam Killed.
Washington, June 1.-The state de- D
has received dispatch from I
finister Griscom at TOXIC stating thGt a
has been oflcially announced that b
ADMIRAL voslkersam was killed and ID