The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-31
ARE VLADIVOSTOK
Two Russian Warships Have
Escaped the laps
ROIESTyESSGY, WOUNDED, RESCUED
Russians nrpaFt two japanese Hat
tieshtps, Two Cruisers HHd nan,
nrstFna sFs sunk-tosa sweep
fns sea TOE Tusiiisss,

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powerful nui.l'a. ihr swift cruiser a.
mHr nnd ilr mrsln hnHf destroyer
srm.l. Ho Hi anrhDr ihrnr Boz ihr rnn
ng mriHr uf Dnh0n Horn ihri inf
ins separated fnu ihe Reset Doc iho
Hr'f stage nf ihr battle which hrann
BOO iho knrrH strait slmnlny Hni hrai
ri. Zoo nhri.rnUr i0 nuirrs. With ml
iI'rsi in N.nd.rn-ink
$40 other vessels of ihr Baltic noi
tHfr SEQ arrived ani ihr signal siu.
..uns nf Asknil aud R.mskl knrslkpn
islands have rrinIIai nunr boo sishi
a 81 Petersburg raiou snys ilii
Mmr iinlrsiNenrhN wife uf ihr rpm.
mHndrr of ihe Russian nrf. has n'
rrhni telegram from NiniIinsink
tIuni hy hrr husband, saying ilni NH
hnd agrfoi iirnr 900 inlni Goo cruiser
Aimar nnd unf De- wns severely
wounded iu ihr uceh. hars ani ah.
Inurn
unnrrs nf ihr AimnI nnd Nuni sHl
Ilf both fleets hHd HIuulf usmInrl
Terrible iusstr Whrn iiIr AlNH. Hui
Gmsy broke through ihr hostile lue
Of tIr innanrsr two hiii.o,h.Is bad
rnno down hofnrr fhr.r ryr. Hni two
cru.rf.. their sirrn, h.gh oui of ihr
uHirr .crmui nadi iH plunge fore
mu.i io ihr iuiinm nf ihe s'a.
Tho i,u,.Inu nrei ihey say WIS
s,cn Boo O. -addcr plight Role-tfenskys
flagship. fhr knIax sou,arun nnd hcr
sister ship. iho liopri.no. and ihe cruls
rr. us'nllu aud unol were utterly De-.
siroiri. Hnd when ihe fng cIo,'si down
and h.d ihe scene of battle from sight
unfihNnnl of the speeding ships o. third
gr,ni Ru-&s->A-Illc-hip ihc AieAan-
der III. sc,%ieI H\.ore distress. but
lmplng uorihwnni. pnsilne up ynl.
liant nsht against ihr0ng. nf torpedo
honts nnd siIli continuing her attacks
ou the cruiser. of ihr island empire
Torpedo honis we're aien ,iIn4ug round
iho other ships of ilIe fleet ilkc nngercd
wasps. separate fnllins darling 10
again and again in launch tlc.r woap.
ons.
The Aimak which hHs arrived NJ an
chorngr here. hoHr. seir. % the battle
Her mIlzrn mast #. slot away. ani onr
of Deer -mohr-Hrks as pierced hf
cannon shot llut the Grozny. though
engaged f0r several hours lon running
fight nt short range with barge Iapl
nr.e destroyer. shows no signs uf the
fray aud nnally. after hcr commander.
Captain Andrlnsh. bad heeu wounded
and an officer and three men bad been
Killed. the Grozny succeeded in sinking
her opponent with luckily placed shot
and reached Nmdiyo.tok
A warrant officer of thc Russian re-
pair ship Kamchatka who landed at
Mol. japan. says.
our fleet entered the strait OF Ko-
roa numbering thrty.siX vessels. The
Kamchatka received several shots and
was partly disabled Finally a shot
struck q vital part. and sixty men en-
tered boats. When they were nearly
clear great explosion occurred. and
the ship sank. The captain and seven
officers were killed during the battle
Two officers were wounded. and two
jumped overheard. Three other officers
were drowned.
I'VE could see our battleships 10 the
northward enveloped by the japanese
Seemingly they were badly damaged"
A Tokyo dispatch says that Admiral
Togo has wired Admiral Yamamoto,
minister Of the navy as follows
"The main force Of the Russian soc
ond and third fleets is nearly annihi-
lated. Please feel assured Of It,"
The captured Russian battleship Orel
arrived nj the Malzura navy yard at
noon Yesterday The battleships Nikolai
!. and Admiral Scniavln and the coast
defense ironclad Admiral ApraXne
reached Sasebo az II o'clock II is re
ported that the Orel and Nikolal l. are
slightly damaged.
Early i'm the battle an officer of the
AmaZ while watching Roiestvensky's
the battleship Kniaz Souva-
rolf. for n signal saw the flagship shud-
der from stem to stern as if under a
blow from gigantic hammer and hes
itate in her course, while the waves
rose high from her armored sides Then |
she commenced to list and sink.
The officer believes that the debut of |
the submarine boat as an effective |
agent in naval warfare or perhaps |
large mine caused the disaster to the |
KniaZ Souvaroh. The damage. how |
ever, was so extensive that the flagship |
soon went down, leaving the deck Off
GERS and many of the crew struggling |
in the waves.
one of the Russian torpedo boats,
either the destroyer Bunny or the Bravi, |
ran in and picked up number of the
swimmers, one Of whom was recog-
nlzed through a glass as Admiral Ro-
1t is officially announced from Tokyo
that all of the Russian battleships have
been sunk except the Orel and Nickola
l., which were captured. Admrals Ro-
Voelkersam and Nebogatoff
are all reported prisoners.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says that
Admiral Roiestvensky has arrived at
on board the torpedo boat
destroyer Bunny. During the battle he
sustained wound in the head