The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-02
TOGO GIVES THE
BATTLES Def A|LS
Reports Now in From
Division Commanders.
ESTIMATE OF LOSSES
There Are Seven thousand Russians
Unaccounted For, it is Feared That
Most of These Perished. Japans
Naval Losses Previous to
This Battle.
(Bv the Associated Press.)

Toxic. May 81 p. ma-(Delayed
in transmission -The Navy Depart
ment gives out the following report
from Admiral Togo:
Later reports from the different
divisions of the fleet engaged in the
battle of May 81 show as follows:
1.-THE Russian battleship Oslabya was
heavily damaged in the early part of
the night on Saturday. going down at
three o'clock in the afternoon
.sThe first Russian vessel sunk was
the battleship Sissoi Veliky.
The armored cruisers Admiral Max
himOff and Vladimir Monomach. after
being in the general engagement dur
ing the day time were still further
damaged BY torpedoes during attacks
by night. and were eventually COM
pIetely disabled. They drifted into the
vicinity of Tsu Islands where they We're
discovered on Sunday forenoon. MAY
2S) by the auxiliary cruisers Shilano,
Yawata. Tainan and Sado. which were
about to capture them. but they all
sank.
The crews Of our auxiliary cruisers
rescued 915 of the crew of the sunken
Russian ships.
The battIeship Navarin was tor
pedoed four times after shutdown on
Saturday (May 2O, and sunk. The
survivors of the Navarin crew confirm
the story of her destruction.
The cruisers Niitaka and Ottawa dis
covered the Russian cruiser Svietlana
at o'clock on Sunday morning in the
vicinity of Chappyan Bay and lmme-
diately attacked and sunk her. The
commander Of the Niitaka reports the
fact
II is suspected that the Russian
cruisers AlTnaZ and Aurora were sunk
BY torpedoes on the night Of May "a.
THE former report includes the
statement that the Russian cruiser
Jemtchug was sunk, but as yet this
remains uBconirmed and the cruisers
name has been excluded from the re-
Vfsed list of Russian vessels destroyed.
Judging from this and former re-
ports. the enemy's main strength, con-
sisting of eight battleships destroyed
or captured three armored cruisers
and three coast defense ships de-
str0ved or captured. with the second
class cruisers and other vessels de-
stroyed the enemy's lighting power IS
thus annihilated.
Later reports show that during the
night of May % our torpedo boats
numbered thirty-four, thirty-five and
siXty-nine were sunk by the enemy 5
Gre Comrades rescued the majority
-
there was no damage worth reporting.
No warship nor destroyer suffered any
loss Of fighting or navigating power.
I'VE anticipated a heavy loss of life,
but find that our casualties We're COM
parativeiy slight. They do not exceed
500 killed and wounded. The casualty
reports viii be rendered as speedily as
possible IN order to re-assure families
and friends.
Nearly the whole strength of both
combatants met in battle and the area
Of the fighting was very wide
The first day proved foggy, and
even without the smoke and fumes,
resulting from the battle. it was i'm
possible 10 locate. or observe all the
ships under my command. Moreover
the fighting having lasted two days
and the ships of my command being
scattered for the purpose OF chasing
and attacking the enemy. some having
received special orders after the battle,
il is impossible 20 collect and frame
any detailed report covering the whole
battle at the same time"