The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-01
THE WORK OF DESTRUCTION
Continued from page one.

signals were not followed.
That confusion seized the Russian
columns there is no doubt nor is there
any that the Smelling by the Japanese
wa, terrific and deadly; for all this part
Of the fight, it must be remembered, was
during the daylight of Saturday, May
p. and before the night attacks by the
Japanese torpedoers completed the con-
fusion Of the enemy.
As to the submarines it is on the
authority of Captain Oushokoff. COM
mandcr of the armored cruiser Admiral
Nakimof, and now a prisoner of war at
Moi, Japan that his vessel was de-
,troved either by a mine or submarine
vessel.
He asserts that his ship. which led
the cruiser column. was entering the Co.
rcan strait, when suddenly there was a
tremendous explosion, the cruiser rose
put of the water. fell back a broken hulk
and instantly sunk. carrying most of her
crew down with her.
Captain Oushakotf swan to dam
aged steam launch, which wandered
about until Sunday morning, when it
was picked up by Japanese gunboat.
The other survivors used life belts and
were rescued by fishermen.
The story of the torpedo boats at
tack and the night pur suit of the shat
tered Russian fleet has already been told
in these dispatches. The fight of Sun
,lav has also been referred to, but only
in the light of hurried and fragmentary
reports.
Fuller and confrmatory dispatches of
The action of May 2S are now to hand
from Toxic.
1t was this fight that ragged around
the Liancourt rocks on Sunday after
noon. These rocks, barren islets. lie to
thte northeast of 1'su Shima. There, it
will be remembers the battleship Mic
oli and Orel and the coast defense YES
sci -Apraxin and Senyanin surrendered
with about 200 prisoners, including Ad-
miral Nebogatoff, while the protected
cruiser Izumrud got away, all FIVE hav-
ing run the gauntlet of Saturdays fight
in the strait and being headed for the
open sea of Japan.
With the acceptance of the surrender
of the four vessels the main force of the
Japanese fleet stopped pursuit, and an
attempt was made by the admiral to get
something like comprehensive report
from his captains. But the lookouts re-
porting the appearance of large vessel
in the southwest, the Japanese cruisers
Iwate and Yakumo were despatched tc
pursue her Both cruisers are feet yes
sells of a 21-knot speed, and quickly
overhauled the enemy, which was made
out to be the coast defense ship Admiral
Ushakoff At o'clock the fleeing Rus
sian was within easy gun range, and she
was invited to surrender. She refused
the batteries of the two cruisers were
turned loose, and the Ushakoff was
sunk. Her crew of thirty men were res:
cued by boats and launches from the
Iwate and Yakumo.
Up through the strait other fugitive
units were seen and chased At 5 O'Clock
! in the forenoon the armored cruiser
Dimitri Donskoi was seen in a north
western direction, and the Japanese light
division an da destroyer hotilla were
sent to bring her down. She was fired
on vigorously, ard as vigorously replied
| md made a splendid running fight. The
| destroyer fotilla hung on, however, anc
when night came they closed in and
brought down their victim. She was
found next morning aground on the
southeastern shore of Urleung island
off the Corean coast.
The picking off, process lasted al
Sunday. The protected cruiser Chitose
had run northward on the lookout fol
some scattered prize, when she over
| hauled Russian destroyer and prompt
ly blew her up.
The protected cruiser Nitaka, in com
pany with the destroyer Murakumo
sighted Russian destroyer in the full
light of Sunday noon, and chased hel
until she ran aground.
And SO the Sundays work of chase
| and destruction went on, and from al
reports is still going on, for it seems tc
be Admiral Togo's dread determination
to sink or capture every floating thing
that flies the Russian flag.
| Dispatches from the Far East regard
ing the fate OF Admiral Rojestvensky
are confusing and contradictory
The Times says: st was reserved fol
Admiral Rojestvensky, whose career wa!
Imarkei by many brilliant achievements
to make two great plumbers in his las
and fatal expedition against the Jap
anese. The first mistake was when hi
fired on the hapless British trawlers of
the Dogger banks, in the North Sea.
The second and final error was wher