The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-07-11

right, and at 2:OS p. m. the enemy
first opened fire. We bore the fire for
while, and reaching the range of
5000 metres, we concentrated a fierce
fire on the two warships which were
at the head of the enemy's lines. The
, enemy seemed to be gradually pressed
towards the southeast and both their
right and left lines gradually wended
their way to the east, the enemy's fleet
in consequence being formed into an
irregular single column, and proceeding
parallel with our fleet. The Oslabya,
which had been at the head Of the left
column, was soon defeated, and fell
out from the line of battle, a fire oc-
curing on board her. At this time,
the whole of our armored cruiser
squadron Joined the battleship squad
ron towards the rear, and the concen-
trated fire of our entire fleet increased
its efficiency in proportion to the de-
crease of the distance. The enemys
flagship Kniaz Souvaroff and the I'm
perator Alexander Ill, which was
second in the line. fell off from the
line, severe fire having broken out on
board those battleships. The confusion
and more evident, and fire occurred on
board several vessels which were
bringing up the enemys rear. The
smoke, carried by the westerly wind,
covered the whole surface of the sea,
and combining with the fog, complete
ly enveloped the enemy's fleet, so that
our battleship squadron was compelled
to suspend gunfire for a while Our
fleet also sustained more or less dam
age. The Asama was struck by three
shells near the aft water line. She had
her steering gear damaged, and also be-
gan to leak badly. She had therefore
to leave the line of battle for a while,
though shortly afterwards she, having
effected provisional repairs, was able to
join the line. Such being the features
main forces at about As p. m.. the issue
of the day was already decided at that
time. Our main force thus pressed the
enemy to the south, and sent an inter-
mittent fire on the enemy's vessels
whenever we observed them through
the smoke and fog. At about p. IN.
our force was already ahead of the
enemy's fleet, and was proceeding in
south -easterly direction when the
enemy's vessels suddenly changed
their course to north and appeared as
IL intent on turning our rear and es-
Gaping to the north. The vessels of our
battleship squadron therefore stimuli
taneously revolved 16 points to the
left, and steamed in a north-westerly
direction, the Nisshln leading our col-
dvA,
changed its front. after doubling in its
own track, and followed the battleshir
squadron. The enemy was thus again
pressed TO the south and subjected to Il
calling fire. At 1907 p. m. the enemy
vessel Zemtchug advanced to the rear
of our armored cruiser squadron, but
severe damage was inflicted on her ny
our gunfire. The Oslabya, which had
already been put hors de comba:, was
sunk at $40 p. IN. The Kniaz Souvar.
off, which had been isolated, had lost
one mast and two tunnels. in addition
to other severe damage, and was dis
abled, the entire ship being enveloped
in smoke. The rest of the enemy's
vessels had fallen into great confusion,
and were vending their way east
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