Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-08
TRUTH ABOUT
RUSSIANS DEFEAT
Rojcstvsnsky's Fleet Was Taken
Completely by Surprise and
Was Totally Unpreparcd
WERE NOT CLEARED FOR ACTION
Attack Was So Sudden that Glarlpg
Mistakes Could Not be
Corrected,

Manila, June s, From the stories told
by the Russians who escaped from tho
sca nght IN the Korean straits, II ap.
pears that tho Japanese completely ellr'
priscd tho Russian feet The Russians
wore stcamlng peacefully along, There
was no sign Of the Japancso roct ana
the Russian ships were no, cleared for
action nor were the batteries man.
ned Tho attack came with u sudden.
ness that made tho mprcpnrodnces NJ
the Russians for battle glaring mis-
take that never could be corrected, Two
lines of torpodoh0ats suddenly appeared
ana onolrClod the Russian llcot The
rapid Are batteries were turned loose,
but with apparently little cffocl on the
Japanese boats over the approaching
lorpodohoals came hall OF 10 and he
inch shells from the Japanese war vos,
sells In the distance Tho torpclohoats
advanced ~ fun speed, one division
going In D westerly, and another IN an
castcrly direction, The Russian crUs.
crs and ba,leshlps prepared to ropol
the attack The cruisers manned their
port batteries and tho ballloshlpe their
ntarbonrd batteries, No attempt was
made Ia prepare tho batteries on tho
other side Of the ships, and i was horo
the Russians Numbered, When the
Japanese torpodobll scamo within ilr.
ing distance the Russians opened IRE,
Then n was the Japanese executed u
manouyor that threw the Russians into
confusion, Tho two oncrcllng lines met
south OF the Russians, but instead or
continuing IN that direction they turn.
cd at signal from Admiral Togo and
1T full speed charged between the three
lines Of Russian ships, one division
passing between the cruisers aud tho
line Of hospital ships and transports
and another division passing between
the transports and the hnttlcshlps on
the other side, The Russian ships wcro
unpropared for an attack of TINS chnr'
actcr and for u time were holplons
against The discharge " Japanese tor
po1oea Hardly n cruiser or hnllloHhlp
remained unacDihod The Russians
were completely dcmornllsod, ANA dur.
| Ing the last dash Of the tOrpedoboAlH
not u shot was fred 10 stop them, In
| shlps ana cruisers oncIrclod the Rus
| sian fleet ana with his big guns com-
| plelod the work OF destruction,
ROJESTNENNkfb lDNSEN,
Gunehu Pass, Manohurin June So
| According TO reports received by ucn
| IlncyItch from naval officers who have
arrived ut Vlndlyoatok, the losses OF
| Admiral Rojostyoneky'e fleet were from
1900 TO 10000 officers and men Killed
or drowned, and about 5000 prisoners
Gcn, latjnnon, commander Of Tho
Third Munchurlnn army addressing
| the troops yesterday on the occasion ol
the empress birthday, told them hC
hoped soon TO be able 90 telegraph the
news Of a Russian victory 20 her ma
| josiy Later IN conversation with the
correspondent OF the Associated Prosl
| the general declared that the defeat OF
| the fleet was sad aud hard blow, but
| II would not affect the morale NJ The
troops, who with the doggodnops Of the
| Russian soldier were prepared TO ilgh'
on as long ms the emperor gave The
| word,
"If tho yea " lost" he added, rus
sIa can stu have victories on lana
pcncc, unless Japan IL reasonable, "
impossible ..-.. .~l..-.,.