The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-06-09
OF THE FIGHT.
Russian Officers Give some "Details OF
the Te, rjble Rattls.

Tho Japs Had Two Battle ships and
Two Cruisers Sunk and Sew.
eral Torpedo Boats Sunk.
a dispatch from Vladivostok, under
date Of May 80, says two ships alone
OF Vice Admiral Rojestvensky' 5 power
full fl ,tilla, the swift cruiser Almsz
and the olpedo boat destroyer Grozny,
lie at anchor here today in the ourving
harbor OF GoldenhOrn, they having
separated from the fleet in the early
stage OF the battle which began IL the
Korea straits Saturday and ht AIDED, In
Obedience to orders, with full speed to
Vladivos, ok.
Up to O'clock this afternoon no
other vessels Of the Baltic feet had
yet arrived and the signal stations at
Askold and Rimskykorsaknff islands
reported none in sight. Officers OF the
Almaz and Giezny say that both fleets
had already sustained terrible losses
when the Almaz and Grozny broke
through the hostile line.
or the Japanese two battleships had
gone down before their eyes, and two
cruisers, their sterns high out of the
water, seemed ready to plunge fore
most to the bottom Of the sea. The
Jananese torpedo boats played the prln-
cipal role In the defeat Of the Russian
flset. They we're sentin for action
again and again under perfect hail
Of shot from the Russian rapid flrlrg
guns. More than one half Of the Jap
anese tlotilla Of torpedo boats was
sunk.
The Russian fl ct, they say, was even
IN a sadder plight. Rajestvensky's
flagship, the Kniaz Suvaroff, and her
sister SHIP, the Borodine, and the cruis-
ers Osliaoa and Ural were utterly de-
stroyed, and when the fog closed down
and hid the scene of battle from sight
OF the speeding ships, a third great
Russian battlaship, the Alexander III,
seemed in sore distress but limpiDg
northward, putting up a valiant fight
against throngs of torpedo Loats, and
still continuing her attacks on the
cruisers Of the Island empire. Torpedo
boats were also olinging around the
other ships Of the fact like angered
wasps, separate notillas darting In
again and again to launch their weap.
Ons.
u l The Almaz which arrived at .hel
4 chorage here Monday evening. bears
scars of the battle. Her mizzenmasi
Is shot away. and one Of her smoke
stacks is pierced by common shot
But the Grozny, though engaged for
several hours in running fight al
short range with large japanese de-
stroyer, shows no signs Of the fray
After her commander, Capt. An
driffski had been wounded and an Utfi
Ger and three men had been killed, tn:
: Grczuy succeeded In sinking her oppo
nept with lucky placed shot anC
reached VladivCs,ok without furthel
| adventure at l l o'clock this morning
AS the Almaz dropped anchor ex,
, citement beyond description seizad the
thronging spectators who with frantic
: ''huzz As" tossed high their caps Clti
zeus embraced each other and danceC
jubilantly upon the pier, while thu
crews Of the ships in tile harbor joinee
| in wild cheering. In trice the boat.
we're dropped from the davits and IL
u moment the officers OF the cruiser
and toll 5do boats in the harbor ant
Tile military Ctfi ,ials from the fortress
: we're swarming On board the Almaz ii
learn news OF the fight
The story was short. According tt
the officers OF the Almaz, the flee
under RojestveTsky met the Japan, S
in The Straits Of X rea near Tsu Islant
aud the opposing fleets !mmodlatel,
closed in. Being lightly armored, tn
AlmaZ, as had bcen ordered by Ad
rniral Rojustvensky before the bat,l.
: separated Itself from the main fl ae
at the first opportunity and headed fo
s Viadivo3tok soon after the com .ence
msnt Of the action, but not tCo soo
Ia the titanic combaG were great
I E&rly In the BATTLE an I'll or of tn
Almaz, while watching Ri stvepsk
t II 'gHhip, the batt!eship Ksi.z Suuvar
Z If fora signal, saw the flag, Stud
q der from s. EN- to stern as II uuder
blow from gigantic hammer and hes
itate In her course, while the wave
rose high from her arm ored sides The
+ she commenced to list and sink.
e The officers believe that the debu
L OF the submarine boat as an effecriv
+ agent in naval warfare, or perhaps
J. large mine, caused the disaster to th
t Kuiaz Souvarotf. The damage, how
t ever, was 80 extensive that the nagshi
e soon went down, leaving the deck of
o GERS and many Of the crew strugglin
b In the waves.
It One OF the Russian torpedo boat!
@ either the destroyer Buiny or th
o Bravi, ran In and picked up q numbe
I. Of the swimmers, one of whom wa
IS recognized through glass as Admir-;
y Rajestvensky.
|, Under a gruelling attack from til
Q Japanese warships, aided by torped
IS boats, mines and submarines, the Bor,
dino, Osliabia and Ural were place
ID out of action and followed the fl agsh
ie to the bottom.
IL The fog, which had raised and loy
ID cred ntermittenly during the mornin
le began to settle down again, and IL
Is distance Of the Almaz, which had no
I'd succs eded in disengaging herself In IL
e combat from the struggling ship
er made it difficult for her to see clearl
ly but the officers are positive that tht
saw two Japanese battleships disa
y pear beneath the sea before their eye
IN and that two Japanese cruisers appea
1T ed on the point Of sinking
I'd The arrival Of the GrCZny at
n. O'Clock today was marked by the san
III scenes OF excitement as those whic
characterized tha q ri wont ne tba A H. %