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

This section approached the enemy 1T
9 a. m. and found that the ship was
the Svietlana, which was also accom-
panied by destroyer. The enemy's
vessels We're Immediately pursued and
attacked the engagement lasting about
an hour. AT 11:06 a. m. the SVietland
was sunk off Chuk-pyon Bay. Inc
Niitaka acting in cooperation with our
destroyer Murakumo. which had just
arrived on the scene, pursued the enc
my's destroyer Bystri and at l1:50 a.
m. the latter ran aground and was
destroyed in an unnamed bay about
nautical miles north of Chukpyon Bay.
The survivors from these two Russian
vessels were taken on board our spe-
cially commissioned ships America Ma
ru and Kasuga Maru.
The main portion of the Combined
Fleet which had received the enemy's
offer of surrender, was still in the
neighborhood of the place of surrender,
enga ged in the disposal of the four sur
rendered Russian ships,swhen at about
3 p. m. the Admiral Oushakoff was
sighted coming from a southern direc-
ton. The Iwate and Yakumo dashed
forward in order to encounter the RUS
sian ship. The latter then attempted
to escape southwark. but was overtaken
at little past 5 p. m and was at once
called on to surrender. The enemy
made no reply, but at once opened f1re
on us. We therefore returned the
enemy's fire and finally sank the vessel.
About 300 survivors were rescued
by us. Our destroyer SaZanami and
Kagero discovered at about $3.50 p. m.
at a point some 40 nautical miles south
west of Ullondo Island, two Russian
destroyers coming from an eastern
direction Pursuing them at full speed,
our vessels overlook the enemy at
4:45 p. M. and opened fire on them. The
enemy's second destroyer thereupon
hoisted white flag as a sign of sur
F., render. The Sazanami took possession
of the destroyer, which proved to be
the Biedovi, and found ON board Adj
miral Rojestvensky and his staff, who,
with the crew of the destroyer, were
taken prisoner by the Sazanami. The
Kagero continued her pursuit of the
other Russian destroyer until $50 p.
M, when the latter succeeded in es-
Gaping northward. The Uryu detach-
ment and the YAKIMA destroyer fotll-
Ia while searching for the enemy i'm a
western direction, discovered at 5 p.
m. the Dmitri Donskoi steaming north
ward. The Russian vessel was imme-
diately pursued and on reaching a
point some go nautical miles south Of
UllondO Island at p. M. the Otowa
and Niitaka, together with the destroy
ers Asagiri, Shirakumo and Fubuki,
were sighted in front of the enemy,
coming from the direction Of Chuk-
pyong Bay. They pressed the Russian
cruiser from western direction and
opened fire on her, thus placing her
between two fires. The heavy firing
continued till after sunset. The enemy's
ship though greatly damaged was not
sunk. and when night came she was
lost sight Of After the firing was over,
the Fubuki and the YAKIMA destroyer
f1otilla repeatedly attacked the Rus
sian ship. Though the result of the
attack was not then clear, the Dmitri
Donskoi was on the following morning
discovered sunk off the south eastern
coast of Ullondo Island. The survivors
from her had landed On the island and
were subsequently taken on board the
Kasuga and Fubuki.
While the main portion of the Com
bined Fleet was engaged in the work of
pursuit in the north, there We're in the
south also some catches at the scene of
the previous days engagement. Early
on this day the special service ships
Shinano Maru, Tainan Maru, and va
wata Maru which had been despatched
for the purpose of clearing the scene of
the engagement, discovered at a point
sonre 80 n ulical miles northeast of
Karasaki the enemys battleship Sis OF
Veliky, which was in a sinking condi- /
ton, owing to the damages SUI tanned
during the previous night. The neces-
sary measures to capture her We're i'm |!
taken and the survivors were /
rescued by us. The ship finally sank at
11:05 a. m. The destroyer Shiranui and
the special service ship Sado Maru met
at about $50 a. m. at a point some
nautical miles east of Kotosaki, Tsu- .
shima, the Admiral Nakhimoff, which
was in a sinking condition, and sub
Sequently discovered the Vladimir
Monomach, which had a considerable
list, approaching the vicinity of the
same point. The Sado Maru took
measures to capture the two ships. But
both of them were water-logged and,
after the removal of their crews to our
ships, they sank, one after the other, at
about 10 a. m. AT about the same
time, the Russian destroyer Gromki
also appeared in that neighborhood,
but suddenly changed her cour north
ward in order to escape. The Shiranui
pursued her, and acting in cooperation
with the torpedo-boat No. 60. -silenced
the enemy's guns and captured the
destroyer off Clsan at about II 80 a. M.
taking her crew prisoner. This vessel
was also severely damaged and she
sank at 12:43 D. m.
After the battle our gunboats and
special service ships instituted a search
along the coasts near the scene of
engagement and rescued large num-
Der of the crews of the enemy's sunken
Taken together with the
prisoners from the five warships cap
tured in this battle, the total has al
most reached 60o0
The above is the outline of the naval