The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-06-02

TOXIC, June 1.-The necessity for Sc
crecy no longer existing, the Navy De-
partment announced to-day the loss Of
the battleship Yashima at Port Arthur In
May and many other naval losses hith-
erto withheld. The list is as follows:
Battleship Yashima. blown up by a sub
marine mine on May Is while engaged In
blockading Port Arthur harbor.
Torpe6o-boat destroyer Akatsuke, blown
up by mine on May II.
Gunboat Oshima. sunk In collision
while cooperating with the army in Lao
tung Bay on May II.
Destroyer Hayatori, sunk by mine on
September 3 while blockading Port Ar
thur.
Gunboat Atago. sunk by striking rock
while blockading Port Arthur on Novem-
Der 6.
Cruiser Takasago, blown up by a mine
while blockading Port Arthur on Decem-
Der II.
Rough estimates of the Russian losses
In the battle of the sea of Japan. exciu-
sive of prisoners, place them close 10 ~
600 men, the majority OF whom 1t Is
feared have persisted Calculating the
COMPLIMENTS Of the sunken and captured
ships, 10,700 men are unaccounteo ior- Inc
prisoners number more than 5ovo.
IT Is possible that some of the ships
rades. but many bodies are coming ashore
on the islands and neighboring coasts
TOGO GIVES FURTHER DETAILS.
The Navy Department has made the
following announcement, embracing re-
port from Admiral Togo:
Later reports from the different divi-
sions of the fleet engaged In the navai
battle of May q show as follows: Inc
Russian battleship Oslabya was neavny
damaged In the early part OF the nsnt
on Saturday, going down at o'clock In
the afternoon
The first Russian vessel SUNK was TIC
battieship Sissoi Veliky.
THE armored cruisers Admiral Maxim
off and Vladimir Monomach, after being
in tie general engagement during the
DAYTIME. were still further damaged by
torpedoes during attacks by night, ana
were eventually completely disabled Iney
drifted into the vicinity or Tsu Islands.
where they were discovered on Sunday
morning MAY 2s) by the auxiliary cruis-
ers Shinano, Yawata. Tainan and Saoo,
which were about TO capture them, but
they all sank.
's1'he crews of our auxiliary cruisers
rescued SIS of the crew Of the sunken Rus-
sian ships.
THE battleship Navarin was torpedoed
four times after shutdown on Saturday
May 20 and sank The survivors OF the
Navarin's crew confirm the story OF her
destruction.
THE cruiser Niitaka and Ottawa dis
covered the Russian cruiser Svietlana at
8 o'clock on Sunday morning CMay % In
the vicinity OF Chappyan Bay, and i'm
mediately attacked and sank her. The
commander of the Niitaka reports the
fact.
'It is suspected that the Russian cruis-
er Aurora was sunk by torpedoes on the
night of May q.
The former reports included the state
ment that the Russian cruiser Jemtchug
was sunk, but as yet this remains un-
confirmed the cruisers name has been
excluded from the revised list of Russian
vessels destroyed
VICTORY Is COMPLETE.
with eight battleships destroyed or
captured three armored cruisers and
three coast defense ships destroyed or cap
tured, with the second-class cruisers and
other vessels destroyed. the enemy's fight
ing power is thus annihilated.
Later reports show that during the
night of May q our torpedo boats num-
bered 81. IS and 60 were sunk by the
enemy's fire. Comrades rescued the ma
jority of their crews. Besides the above
there was no damage done worth report
ing. No warship or destroyer suffered
any loss of fighting or navigating power.
I'VE expected a heavy loss of life, but
find that our casualties were compare
lively slight They do not exceed 800 killed
and wounded. The casualty reports will
be rendered as speedily as possible, in
order to reassure families and friends.
Nearly the whole strength Of both
combatants met In the battle, and the
area of the fighting was very wide. The
first day proved foggy. and even WITHOUT
the smoke and fumes resulting from the
battle 1t was impossible to see five miles.
Consequently during the day 1t was i'm
possible TO locate or observe all the ships
under my command. Moreover the fight
Ing having lasted two days, md the ships
purpose of chasing and attacking the
enemy, some having received special or
ders after the battle. 1t is impossible to
collect and frame any detailed report COW
ering the whole battle at the same time"
OFFICERS TO BE PAROLED.
1t Is understood that the Emperor in
tends to direct that the Russian officers
captured at the naval battle of the Sea
of Japan on May q be given terms of
parole identical with those granted the
army officers taken at the surrender Of
Port Arthur.
An officer of the Russian battleshfp
Borodino. brought as a prisoner to the
Maizura navy yard. says that while Rear
Admiral Rojestvensky had raised his
flag on the battleship Kniaz Souvaroff. he
was really on board the .Borodino during
the action. When the Borodino was sink
ing he boarded the Bedovi. the Rus
sian destroyer, on which he was eventu-
ally captured by the Japanese.
JAPANESE VERSION OF BATTLE.