The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-09

force was continued till ASS p. m, al
ways driving the enemy to the south
but without any significant eve..t
worthy of mention. Special mention
must be made of a stirring incident
that took place during this period of
the battle; namely the daring torpedo
attacks made upon the enemy'S dis
abled ship Souvaroff by the Chihaya
and the Hirose destroyer fiotilla (under
Captain Hirose), at about $40 and by
the Suzuki destroyer f1otilla at about
AS. Although the result of the former
attack was uncertain, it was observe.
that one of the torpcdoes discharged OH
the occasion of the latter attack struck
the enemy's vessel to the rear Of The
portside causing the vessel to incline
ten degrees. During these torpedo at
tacks, the Shiranui of the Hi-ose flo
tilla and the Asashiwo of the Suzuki
flotilla Were holly fired upon by the
enemy's vessels in the neighborhood and
were each hit by one shot. They were
for a time in a dangerous condition,
but fortunately they were-able to save
themselves. At about 4:40 p. M, the
enemy, probably despairing of cutting
their way to the north, seemed to be
gradually flying to the south. There
upon the main strength of our Fleet,
with the armored cruiser squadron at
its head, pursued the retreating enemy
The latter were soon afterward lost
sight of in smoke and mist We thus
steamed down to the south over dis
lance of eight miles. quietly firing upon
the second class cruisers, the special
service vessels and other ships of the
enemy, lingering to the right of us. At
$50. our battleship squadron again
turned its course to the north in search
of the enemy's main force, while the
armored cruiser squadron went to the
attack of the enemy's cruisers by TAX
ing a south-westerly course. These
two squadrons of ours being thus Sc
parately engaged cid not see each
other until sunset.
At about $40 p. m. the battleship
squadron delivered an attack on the
enemys special service ship Cral,
which was close to the larboard side
and sank her. While proceeding still
further rorthwards in search of the
enemy our squadron discovered a
group of about six vessels, the rem
nants of the enemy's force, flying in
a northeasterly direction. Our squad
ron at once approached the enemy and
fought first with them in parallel lines
and then advancing anead of the
enemy, checked their advance The
enemy, who had been taking a north :
easterly course, gradually turned to tn ,
vest. finally steaming towards the
northwest. The fight n parallel for
nation continued from p. m. to SUI =
set, and while the enemy's gunfire
gradually decreased in power, the eff
cheney of our guns, which were fired
with the utmost calmness became more
and more evident. A warship, presum-
ed to be the Alexander III, was the
first to fall out of the line and straggle
behind. From about $40 p. m a seri-
Gus fire was observed on board a battle
ship of the Borodino type, and at 1928
p. m. the vessel was suddenly envelop-
ed by the smoke of the explosion. and
instantly sank. Presumably the fire
had spread to the magazine. Mean
while, the vessels belonging to our ar
mored cruiser squadron, pursuing the
witnessed in the south battleship of
the Borodino type, which has been dis
abled and had a heavy list, approach
the Nakhimoff. the vessel finally cap
sizing and sinking at 7:07 p. m. Ac-
cOrding to the prisoners of war, this
vessel was the Alexander III. and that
observed by the battleship squadron
was the Borodino.
At that time. sunset was drawing
near and our destroyer and torpedo
boat. fiotillas We're approaching the
enemy from three sides, preparatory to
delivering an attack. The battleship
squadron therefore gradually relaxed
the pressure on the enemy and at sun
set G:2S p. NO. changed the course to
an eastern direction. At the same
time I ordered the Tatsuta to convey
my orders to the entire fleet that the
latter should proceed northwards anC
assemble at Ullondo the next morning
| The engagement of the daytime was
thus concluded.