The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-06-03

hass wired Admiral Yamamoto,
minister of the navy, as follows:
The main force of the Russian
second and third fleets is nearly
annihilated. Please feel assured of
| it,"
Toxic, May 3O.-It is now be-
lieved that -four Russian warships,
in addition to those already report
ed lost, have been sunk by the jap
anese feet.
Washington, May 3o.-The OFF.
eial Japanese report on the latest
"details of the great naval battle in
the Corean Straits Is made in a ca
lblegram received tonight by the
/ Japanese legation here from the
4 foreign Office at Toxic, conveying
admiral Togo's dispatches up to
this afternoon. The report says
THAT Admiral Rojestvensky and
another admiral and staff officers
were taken prisoners on the sinking
of Rojestvensky's flagship Knaiz
Souvarof, Saturday night south of
Urleung Island, off the Corean
coast. The total number of vessels
lost to the Russians, according to
| Admiral Togo is 20, and he adds
that, although the full particulars
are not yetsin, none Of the Japanese
ships were seriously injured and
the loss to the first division of the
Japanese feet was over 400.
Tie report, that the armored
cruiser Dimitri D onskoiran aground
On g ss.lst q 3, arsti; That the baIfis
ships Osliabia, already admitted by
the Russian admiralty, and the
Navarin were sunk; that the battle
ship Sissoi Veliki went to the bot
tom Sunday morning; that the
coast defense ship Admiral Ousha-
kof was sunk after vigorous pur-
suit, her crew being rescued, and
gives other details as to vessels
sunk or disabled. The Japanese
Admiral Misu was slightly wound
ed. The protected cruiser Almaz,
which has already arrived at Vlad.
ivostok, is referred to in the report
as suspected to have sunk The
csblegram follows:
"Fifsh report from Togo, received
afternoon May 30:
"'Tne main force of our combin.
ed fleet, upon accepting surrende,
of the remaining Russian main force
near Liancourt Rocks in the after.
noon of May %, as already report
ed, stopped pursuit and, while en-
gagged in the disposition of surrend
cred ships, found in a southwestern
direction the Admiral Oushakof, {
coast defense ship. Thereupon th'
Iwate and Yakumo were immedi
ately dispatched in pursuit and in
v:ted her to surrender, but she re
fused and was sunk at 6 .. ~. He
crew Of over 800 men were rescued
"Crniser, Dmitri Donskoi wa
also found in the northwestern di
rection at 5p. 10. and was immedi
ately overtaken aud fired on vigor
ously by our fourth division an
second destroyer fotilla. She wa
attacked that night by the secon,
! destroyer fotilla, and the mex
morning was found aground on th
Y southeastern shore of Urleung Lei
and, off the Corean coast.
"'Our destroyer Sazanami car
tured toward the evening OF Ma
Fl off the south of Urleung Islam
she Russian destroyer Biedovoy
wherein were found Admiral RI
jestvensky and another admira
both severely wounded, togethe
with 80 Russians, including sta
- officers from the flagship Knia
Souvarof, which was sunk at 5:2
p. No., on May 27. They were a.
taken prisoners.
"tOur cruiser Chitose, Will
cruising to the northward on th
morning of May % found and san
another destroyer.
"Our cruiser Niitaka and d.
stroyer attacked also at noon O
May %, a Russian destroyer, whic
t finally went aground.
"The full particulars regardir
the injury to our ships are not y
In hand, but so far as I could a
certain none was seriously injure,
lall being still engaged in oper