The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-06-07
Latest War News.

TOXIC, June 3.-Torpedo boat de-
strOyers, which have returned to SaBe-
DO, furnish details of the capture of
Vice Admiral Roje,stvensky. The de.
stroyers kasumi, Usugum0, Sazanani
and kagerou were ordered to attack
the Russian war ships on the night of
May -. and were, stealning ahead
when they suddenly encountered q
number of Russian ships. The kasu-
mi narrowly avoided a collision with a
Russian cruiser, the closeneBs CT which
seems to have saved the destroyers
from being damaged by the heavy fire
which the Russans directed on them.
During the Russian attack the vessels
forming the destroyer flUtilla divided.
The Sazanami and kagerou continued
tho search for Russian ships through
ont the night, and in the morning dis
covered two torpedo boat uestrOycrs.
One of them steamed away, but the
other was unable to do so. Cn ap-
preaching the latter the Japanese dis
ccrned white flag flying from the
foremost and the Red Cross flag astern.
She proved to be the Bed0vi. with Ad-
nlrai K0Jestvensky and his staff on
board. The Bedoyi signalled that her
engines were damaged, and that she
was short of coal and water. An
armed guard was sent OH board the
bedovl to receive her surrender. The
Russlans requested the .Japanese not
to remove Admiral Rojestvensky and
the other officers on account of their
wounds, and the Japanese complied,
with the understanding that the guard
would execute Rojestvensky in the
event or the delay leading to meet
ing with Russian ships, thus removing
the danger of his recapture The Saz-
anami ran a line to the Bedovi and be-
gan towing her. Her line parted
twice: In the morning the Sazanami
met the Japanese cruiser Akashi. which
conveyed the two destroyers to Sasebo.
During the trip the destr0yers encoun-
tered heavy seas and their decks were
awash during part of the time.
Nagasaki. June 3.-SurvivOrs' state
ments show that the Japanese manoeu-
vres drove portion of the Russian
fleet under the fire of the forts on Tsu
leland, which sunk the battle ship Os-
labya. On Saturday night, owing to
the frequent torpedo attacks and the
fact that the Russian vessels did not
carry light, the fleet was much sepa-
rated ana became incapable of acting
in combination: The only orders were
to reach NladivOstOk. The Russians
were short of ammunition and their
craftsmanship was indifferent.
Toxic. June 3-10.4j a. m.-Rear Adj
mlral Rojestvensky is resting well,
with no dangerous symptoms, and his
speedy recovery seems certain.
The officers OF the Russian battle
ship Orel have declined to accept pa
role. They have been given an addi-
tional day to further consider the ques-
Manila, June :.-Rear Admiral En-
Iulst, who was commander of the
heavy cruiser squadron of the Russian
fieet, arrived III the bay at 8 o'clock
TINS evening on board his flag ship, tho
protected cruiser Aurora, accompanied
ny the protected cruisers Olcg and
Jemtchug. All the vessels were more
or less damaged, and there were many
wounded men on board
Rear Admiral Train on board his
ilnR ship. the battle ship Ohio, with the
Wisconsin, Oregon. Raleigh and Gin
clnnat, WAS outside Corregidor Island
manocnvrlng when the Aurora saiutrd
with thirteen guns, and the Ohio an
swered.
Admiral Train and his squadron ac.
conpanicd the Russian vessels to Ma
nila.
Washington, June 5.-Admiral En-
quist will not be allowed to repair his
ships at Manila. This government has
decided that as the injuries to his yes
sells were not caused by either sea or
storm, it will be obliged to refuse per-
mission for the vessels to be repaired
there, Today Secretary Taft cabled
the following instructions to Governor
Wright regarding the ships:
Time cannot be given for repair
Of injuries received in battle. There
fore the vessels cannot be repaired.
unless ,iinterned until the end Of hos
tilities"
Admiral Train has been instructed
accordingly; 1t was stated by Secre-
tary Taft that if the Russian vessels
agreed to leave Manila in their pres
ent condition they would be welcome
to 40 so: but as it did not appear that
they suffered from any damage caused
by sea or storm this government was
Obliged to take the position above out
lined.
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