Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-31
ARE AT VLADIV0STOK
Two Russian Warships Have
 Escaped the Japs.
ROJEs1vEySKY, WOUNDED, CAPTIVE
Russians Report Two Japanese Bat tIeships, Two Cruisers and Many Dcstroyers Sunk-ToRo Sweep
 ing Sea For Fugitives.

sItCldl uiSpdINh says tHdl tNo shiP'' alone of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky $ powerful fotilla, the swift cruiser Al mag and the torpedo boat destroyer Grozny, lie at anchor there in the curv- ing harbor of Golden Horn, they hav- ing separated from the fleet in the early stage of the battle which began in the Korea strait Saturday and head ed, in obedience to orders, with full speed to Vladiyostok.
 No other vessels of the Baltic fleet have yet arrived, and the signal sta tons at Askold and Rimsky islands have reported none in sight.
 A St. Petersburg report says that Mme. Rojestvensky, wife of the com mander of the Russian fleet, has re- ceived telegram from Yladivostok, signed by her husband. saying that he had arrived there on board the cruiser Almaz and that he was severely wounded in the neck, back and ab- domen.
 A Tokyo report says that the cruiser Gromoboi of the Vladiyostok squadron, with nearly 800 men on. board, issued from Vladivostok in the hope of join ing the remnant of Rojestvensky's fleet and that it struck Japanese mine and sunk with all hands. It is believed that Vice Admiral Skrydloff was on board the Gromoboi.
 Admiral Togo reports as follows:
 '"rhe main force of our combined fleet upon accepting surrender of the remaining Russian main force near Liancourt rocks stopped pursuit and while engaged in the disposition of sur rendered ships found in southwestern direction the Admiral Onshakoff, a coast defense ship, Thereupon the Iwate and the Yaklmo were imme- diately dispatched in pursuit and in vitea her to surrender, but she refused and was sunk. Her crew of more than BOO men were rescued.
 "The cruiser Dmitri Donskoi was al- so found in the northwestern direction and was immediately overtaken and fired on vigorously by our fourth divi- sion and second destroyer flotilla.
 "She was attacked at night by the second destroyer flotilla and at day light was found aground on the south eastern shore of Urleung island off the Korean coast.
 "Our destroyer Sazanami captured toward the evening of May 27 in the south of Urleung island the Russian destroyer Biedovy, wherein were found Admiral Rojestvensky aIr: another ad- miral. both severely wounded, together with eighty Russians. including staff officers from the flagship Prince Sou varoff 0Knaz Souyaroff). which we had sunk. They were all taken prisoners soOfffciaY Yannonntament is made from Tokyo that Admiral Rojestvensky has been captured and that he is seriously wounded.
 Admiral Togo continues his great sweep to the northward in pursuit of the remnant of the Russian fleet. Com plete reports will possibly increase the extent of the Russian disaster. It will be some days before complete results of the battle are known. At the end of the week Admiral Togo's fleet is ex- pected to reassemble. and until then it will only he possible to secure apprOxi- mate details.
 Ii is officially announced from Tokyo that all of the Russian battleships have been sunk except the Orel and Nickola l.. which were captured. Admirals Ro- jestvensky. voelkersam and Nebogatoff are all reported prisoners.
 Officers of the Almaz and Grozny say that both fleets had already sustained terrible losses when the Almaz and Grozy broke through the hostile line.
 Of 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 Russian fleet. they say. was even in a sadder plight. Rojestvenskys flagship. the Kniaz Souvaroff, and her sister ship. the Borodino. and the cruls- CTS Oslabya and Orel were utterly de- stroyed. and when the fog closed down and hid the scene of battle from sight northward of the speeding ships third great Russian battleship. the Alexan- der ILL. seemed in sore distress. but limping northward. putting up val isnt fight against throngs of torpedo boats and still continuing her attacks on the cruisers of the island empire. Torpedo boats were also clinging round the other ships of the fleet like angered wasps. separate fiotillas darting in again and again to launch their weap- ons.
 The Almaz. which has arrived at an- rhorage here. bears scars of the battle. Her mizzen mast is shot sw5y and one of her smokestacks is pierced by a cannon shot But the Grozny. though engaged for several hours In running fight at short rang: with large Japa- nese destroyer. shows no signs of the ] fray. and finally. after her commander, ' Captain Andrifski. had been wounded and an officer and three men had been killed. the t;rozny succeeded in sinking her opponent with luckily placed shot and reached vladivostok.
 A warrant officer of the Russian re pair ship Kamchatka who landed at . Moi. Japan. says:
 -Our Hsei entered the strait of Ko- res numbering isirfy-siK vessels. The KsTrehatks received several shots and was partly disabled Finally shot