Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-01
soJtsTvENsxy IN A TRAP.
lie Displayed Hesitation 10 His Tao.
ties, Resulting 10 Utter Confusion
or His Fleet
RUSSIANS BATTERED ON ALL SIDES
Under sssrchlghW and Cover Of Heavy
Guns, Torpedo Flotllls Began
Its Deadly Work


London, juno 1.-The Toxic cous.
,rondont Of the Daily Telegraph sends
an interesting description Of the naval
bal,lo from correspondent with ths
Jspanere feet who declares the scene
Al supreme terrible the guns OF nearly
no warshpp frlng rogos vessels, ms
correspondent says, maneuverod WIN
pertec, precision. For time both bell
llgcren,E gave shot for shot, but with
hostile squadron on each side ana
another ahead Of him, Roioe,ycnskg
was practically defeated Within n fow
hours ana was caught m the trap which
had been waiting for him since ho lcft
Madagascar lie displayed hesitation
IN his tactics and this resulted IN tho
utter confusion Of the Russian fleet. al
informal concentration Of ilre reached It's
zenith at 2 o'clock IN the afternoon Az
the Russians advanced IN the direction
Of Vladiyoslok Japanese squadron
was lying between them 0nd their dos.
iInaton, ana the doomed Russlnne were
battered on ali sides, Between ana b
o'clock IN the afternoon q cruiser ~
the Admiral Nnkhimoff class ana tho
repair ship Kamchntka foundored after
their upper works had been shatiereo,
The Russians broke IN utter disorder,
lost their formation and went aigzag.
The Japanese closed IN aud prcsscS
them towards the N0goto coast.
They fought until o'clock IN the oye-
nlng The correspondent continues
"Togo rIslted nothing and lost noth-
hg. Darkness brough, q glorious night
with smooth and transparent seas, The
Russians were cdging norihward with
the powerful Japanese fleet IN hort
sonIal line across thor bows, forming
nm effective barrier Then under
eoarchllehls and the cover Of the biz
guns Of the waishps, the Japanese tor'
pcdo nollla began Hike locusts 10 sting
ana sink the enemy, the Russians con'
tnumg 10 return the gun Are, Al .
o'clock IN tho morning Tho fghtlnR was
fierce ana Intense and no rest WAS al.
lowed the Russians
with dawn OF sunday the Japnnos.
fleet ramo into slll closer range, An
day long Tho brittle continued, ana by
evening WAS raging on northern Nneo-
20. Tho Russians were poworless 10 OF
fer amy effective resistance
ToGos REPORT
Toxic, May a. y, IN, delayed In
tansmlssion) Tho navy department
gives out the following report irom
Admiral Togo,
Later reports from tho different dl.
visions of the fleet engaged In The naval
battle Of May ~ show ~ follows
The Russian hhttlcshlp Oslnbya was
heavily damaged IN the curly part u
lho nght on Saturday going down ot
o'clock IN the afternoon,
THE FIRST Russian vessel SUNK was
tho battoehip Slsso Nolky
THE armotod cruisers Admiral MAKE
hmon ana Vladimir MonomAch after
beng In the general engagement dur
ma tho day time We're stu further
damaged by torpodoea during attacks
~ night and wore eventually complete
" disabled They drilted Into the vlcln.
NY 0l Tsu Islands, whore they Moro
discovered on sunday morning, Nloy
80 by tho auxiliary cruisers Shnano,
lHNAtn, TnlnHn and Sado, which we're
about 10 capture Them but they All
sank,
The crows Of our auxiliary cruisers
rescued Ol5 Of the crow Of the sunkon
Russian ships
The ba,lleship Novarn was torpo-
uOed four times after sun down on
saturday, May ~, ana sunk The SUR
NlNofs OF the NAvarn's crew confirm
the story VI her destruction,
''fhe cruiser Niiinko and Ottawa dls-
tDNHIVl Inn Ilna4Iln npliIaNp AAlItlnln.
NJ Volock on sunday morning IN the
ylclnlty OF Chnppyan bay and imme'
ulately attacked and sunk h0r, Tho
commander Of the Nlitoka reports the
fact
III IL suspected that the Russian
cruisers AlmnS aud Aurora ware sunk
pE ,orpodoea on the night Of May ~
me formor report Included tho
statement that tho Russian cruiser
1vnlohus was sunk, but az yet this re-.
nulns Nnconlirmod,f ana tho cruisers
hgnlo has been excluded from the rovls-
co llst or Russian vessels destroyed,
JWdglng from this ana former re-
ports the cnomys main strength, con.
tlsllng Of eight battleshlps destroyed
~ captured, three armorod cruisers and
'hroe coast defense ships destroyed or
captured with the second class cruisers
hnd other vessels destroyed, the
lated
Later .reporm show that during the
nlRht OF May ~ our torpedo boats NUM-
bored ~, 30 and 90 were sunk by tho
Vnelnys IRE, Comrades rescued the
hhJorlty Of their crows, Besides the
hpove there was no damage worth 70.
pol!lnR No war nhlp nor destroyer
t, NV amy loss OF nghtlng or naviglt'
ing power,
Wo anticipated a heavy loss Of HE.
uul lnd that our casualties were CONF
llwuvely slight, They do not exceed
WV KILLED and wounded The casualty
,omlts WIN be rendered an rapidly M
posSiple IN order 10 ronseure families
ma friends.
Nearly the whole strength OF both
tolnha,1nts met IN battle and the area
" The lighting was very wide,
THE first day proved toggy, and
even without the smoke and fumes,
tesul'lnR from the battle, II was impos-
lnle 10 see flyo miles, Consequently
luflng the day II was impossible 10
loeato or observe oil the rhlps under my
command Moreover the lighting hey'