Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-06-08
RUSSIANS LOSE
ALL bATTLESH|PS
Reports From Toxic Show
Six Sunk and Two
Captured.
TWENIY-THREE SHIPS SUNK
They Began the Battle With Thirty
Six Ships. and There Are There
fore But Thirteen Minor Vessels
Not Known to Be Lost.

Toxic, May 31.-Following is the
official statement of Russian losses so
far as ascertained:
Following six battleships sunk:
Prince Suvaroff, Imperator Alexander
III, Borodino, Osliabia, Sissoi-Veliki,
and Navarin.
Following six cruisers sunk: Ad-
miral hakchimoff, Dmitri Donskoi,
Vladimir Monomach, Svietlana and
Jemtchug.
Coast defense ship Admiral Gus
sakoff sunk.
1.-TWO special service ships, repair
ship Kamchatka and three destroyers
also sunk.
1.-TWO battleships, Orel and Impera-
tor Nicholai l.. two coast defense
SHIPS, General Admiral Apraxine and
Admiral Seniavin, and one destroyer,
Biedovy, captured.
"Thus Russians lost altogether
twenty-three ships, the aggregate tom
mage whereof amounted to 153,4ll
tons, beside cruiser Almaz suspected
to have sunk"
w uIdy hC oopoA7
ese legation has received the follow
ing cablegram from Toxic: THE four
Russian vessels captured by us were
safely brought to our naval port at
Sasebo on May 80. They are Orel,
Nicholai |, Aprixine, Henyabin and
Maisuru."
Toxic, May 30.-In the battle
fought Saturday in the straits of
Korea, the Russian battleships Boro-
dino and Alexander III, the armored
cruisers Admiral Nakhimoff, Dmltri
Donskoi and Vladimir Menomakh, the
coast defense iron clad Admiral Gus
bakoff, the protected cruisers SWEET
lana and Jemtchug, the repair ship
Kamchatka and the cruiser IrtessiAp.
were sunk.
The battleships Orel and Nicholai
and the coast defense iron clad Adj
mirals Seniavine and General Admiral
Apraxine, were captured
Washington, May 30.-The following
official report from Toxic was re.
ceived at the Japanese legation yester-
day:
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from Admiral Togo at the japanese
headquarters:
First report received on the morn
ing of May q. Immediately upon the
receipt of the report that the Russian
squadron was in sight our combined
squadron started for the attack.
Weather is fine today, but with heavy
seas.
Second report received the night
of May 81. Combined squadron at
tackled the Russian squadron today
near Okinoshima, Southeast of Tsu-
shima) and defeated 1t, sinking at
least four ships and inflicting heavy
damages upon others. The damage to
our ships is insignificant. Our de-
troyer and torpedo fotillas delivered
attack after sunset.
Third report received Monday, May
20. Main force of our combined squad
ron continued pursuit since the 27tn
and attacked the 2Sth near Laincourt
rocks, northeast of Okinoshima), a
squadron consisting of Nicholai II
(battleship) Orel (battleship), Senia-
vine, ApaXine and IZumurud. lzu-
murud fled, while the remaining four
vessels surrendered. No damage to
our ships. According to the statements
of prisoners the vessels sunk in the
engagement of May 27 were Borodino
(battleship), Alexander III (battle-
ship), Zemmtchug and three other
ships Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and
about 1000 other Russians were taken
prisoners. The following are dam
ages suffered by the enemy in addi-
ton to those given above since the
commencement of the battle as re-
ported:
Commanders not under immediate
command of Togo and by observation
stations:
Sunk-Admiral Nakhimoff, Dmitri-
Donskoi, Isvietlana, Admiral Usakoff,
Kamchatka, Irutshush and three de-
stroyers.
Captured - Vladivir Monomakh,
foundered after capture. One special
service ship, whole name unknown,
and one destroyer captured.
Russian losses indefinitely known so
far may be classified as follows:
Two battleships, one coast defense
ship, five cruisers, two special ships,
three destroyers were sunk, two bat
tlesbips, two coast defense ships, one
special service ship, one destroyer
were captured. 1t is not yet clear
whether three vessels, as stated by
prisoners to have been sunk are in
cluded or not in the above list There
are more than 1000 prisoners besides
1000 taken by main force of COM
oined squadron.
The naval engagement is still in
progress, so that it will take some
time before the final results can be
known.