The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-02
TORPEDOES EFFECTIVE.
Togo Reports That Four Of Them Struck
and Sank the Navarin.

NAbhlN0ION June ~ 10 ooPouSoo
Legation here has received the GLOWING:
Seventh report from Togo, received AZ
TOXIC in the morning OF May ST.
From reports gathered from our various
divisions 1t appears that the Russian battle
ship Osliabya was seriously dana ,ed At
an early stage Of thu battle on May 81.
She left the battle line and sank at P. M.
The battleehip Sissoi Veiky and the ar
mored cruisers Nakimof and Monomach
suffered heavily in the midday
OF May 81. and were 80 dam
aged by the night attack OF our
destroyers and torpedo boat hotillas that
they were completely put out of action.
They we're discovered next morning DRIFT
ing near Tsu Shima by our converted cruis-
e~s Shinano, Yawata, Tainan and Sado, but
sank before they could be captured. Their
survivors, numbering about 8l6. we're taken
up by the converted cruisers above men
toned, as well as by the inh abitants on the
coast
1T Is certain, from the statement OF the
Russian prisoners. that the battleship
Navarin was struck by four torpedoes dis
charged from our torpedo fotillas on May
81 and sunk.
According to the reports from the COM
mander Of the Nit aka, the cruiser SWEET lana
was disco vered at 8 A. NJ May 2s,off Chihihen
Bay In Corea and sunk by the Niitaka
and the Otowa The Aurora and the Almaz
are suspected to have sunk during our
torpedo attack on the night Of the 9th.
The fate OF the Zemtchug. which was
previously reported to have sunk Is un-
cert ain.
in all. eight battleships. three arnored
cruisers and three coast defense ironclads.
which formed the main force OF the Russian
feet. were either sunk or captured. and
most Of the second class cruisers and other
subsidiary vessels were destroyed so that
the whole Russian squadron was practically
annihilated by this battle
JAPANESE LOSSES.
Regarding the damage sustained by
our feet, subsequent reports show that
during the night attack on May 81 torpedo
boats "a. Is and SO sunk, but most OF their
crews were rescued by their compa mons.
Otherwise no ship whatever was lost
Damages to our larger vessels. including
desuoyers, were very slight and none. OF
them was incapacitated for action. Our
total casualties so far are estimated at 400.
AS nearly the whole of the Japanese
and Russian fleets engaged in the battle,
the line was greatly extended More
over, the weather having been misty,
it was impossible to see more than five
miles, and therefore l was unable to keep
in sight all divisions under me. even in
the daytime Besides. the battle extended
to two days and nights, and as our various
divisions attacked the enemy. who scat
tered in every direction, and some are
still engaged in duties subsequent to the
battle, it will take some days before de-
tailed reports can be forwarded
voRLKERsAM KILLED IN BATTLE.
sToKIo June Eighth report from
Togo, received 3I5:
Commander OF the Kasuga returned this
afternoon with the survivors Of the Dmitri
Donskoi tarmored CRUISER He reports
that the Donskoi, on the morning OF May 20.
opening Kingston valve. sank and those
on board. including survivors from the
battleship Osliabya and the destroyer
Bunny. landed on Urleung Island
Il appears that the destroyer Bunny
took aboard Ro'estvensky and s'ah before
the sinking OF the flagship on the afternoon
OF May 81 and also 200 from the Osliabya.
but finding navigation difficult. transferred
Rojestvensky and staff to the destroyer
Biedovy. and while running northward
met on the morning Of May % the Donskoi.
to which all aboard were transferred, and
the Bunny sank.
-The Osl abya, according to survivors,
had her coming tower struck by the first
straight shot Of the battle Of May 81 and
Admiral voelkersam was killed After a
succession Of shots 1.-The Osiabyal sank
at about in the afternoon
THE survivors OF the Donskoi say they
saw two destroyers sink in the thick Of the
bait e at noon on May ~. This, il true,