The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-06-09
THE RUSSIAN STORY.
Continued from page s.)

From afar the broken stump Of her
mizzenmast and shot hole showing
black on the white paint of one stack
indicated that the cruiser had encoun-
tered the japanese.
AS the anchor chain ratified in the
hawseholes, the vessel wreathed itself
in salute-it was an admiral's salute
in honor of Rear-Admiral Won Jessen.
Scarcely had the boom of the last can
non begun to echo from the surround
ing hills when Won Jessen's flagship,
the cruiser Rossia, answered the sa-
lutte, and minute later the guns Of
the fortress took up the cannonade.
Excitement beyond description
seized the thronging spectators, who
with frantic "huzzahs" tossed high
their caps. Citizens embraced each
other and danced brilliantly on the
pier, while the crews of the ships in
the harbor Joined in wild cheering.
In a trice the boats were dropped
from the davits and in a moment the
officers of the cruisers and torpedo
boats in the harbor and the military
officials from the fortress were swarm
ing on board the Almaz to learn news
of the fighting.
THINK SUBMARINES WERE USED.
The story was short. According to
the officers of the Almaz the fleet
under Rojestvensky met the Japanese
in the strait of Korea, near the Tsu
island, and the opposing fleets i'm
mediately closed in. Being lightly
armed. the Almaz, as had been or
dered by Admiral Rojestvensky be-
fore the battle, separated itself from
the fleet at the first opportunity and
headed for Vladivostok after the COM
mencement of the action, but not too
soon to observe that the losses on
great.
Early in the battle an officer of the
Almaz, while watching Rojestven-
skys flagship, the battle ship Kniaz
Suvaroff. for a signal, saw the flag
ship shudder from stem to stern, as
If under a blow from a gigantic ham,
mer, and hesitate in her course, while
the waves rose high from her armored
sides. Then she commenced to list
and sink
The officers believe that the debut
agent in naval warfare. or perhaps
a large mine, caused the disaster to
the Kniaz Suvaroff. The damage,
however, was so extensive that the
flagship soon went down, leaving the
deck officers and many of the crew
struggling in the waves.
one of the Russian torpedo boats,
either the destroyer Bunny or the
Bravi ran in and picked up a num-
Der of the swimmers, one of whom
was recognized as Admiral Rojest-
vensky.
BIG BATTLESIPS SUNK.
Under a gruelling attack by the
japanese war ships, aided by torpedo
boats, mines and submarines, the
Borodino, osliabia and orel were
placed out of action and followed the
flagship to the bottom. The fog which
had raised and lowered internationally
during the morning began to settle
down again and the distance of the
Almaz, which had now succeeded in
disengaging herself from the strug-
Cling ships. made 1t difficult for her
to see clearly. but the officers are
positive that they saw two Japanese
battleships disappear beneath the
sea, and that two Japanese cruisers
appeared on the point of sinking.
The arrival of the Grozny at II
o'clock today was marked by the
same scenes OF excitement as those
which characterized the advent of the
Almaz.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press visited the wounded commander
OF the destroyer, Captain Andriffsli.
at the hospital. and the captain con-
firmed the details given by the officers
OF the Almaz. He described his COM
bat as a running fight in which the
Grozny was engaged for several hours.
finally sinking the pursuing Japanese
destroyer.