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defeated, but pursuit and severe fight
ing continuedls The Japanese captured
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battleship Which was damaged Sc
verely, having been swept clean by
shell fire, and eventually she sank, but
all her crew were made prisoners. La
ter the Admiral Nachimoff sank"
London, June 1.-The Daily Nails
Toxic correspondent says that the cap
tain of the Russian cruiser Admiral Max
himoff, who is now prisoner, relates
the following story of the battle between
the Japanese and Russian fleets:
I'VE first saw the japanese at six
o'clock on the morning of May q, when
suddenly and Unexpectedly we encoun-
tered the enemy's fleet as we were NOV
ing to the east of Tsu island. They
steamed toward us and opened fire. Only
80 minutes after the firing began sud-
den shock was felt under the Admiral
Nakhimoff. and she began to sink with
great rapidity. My belief is that she
either struck mine or torpedo My
crew numbered 600 men. a majority OF
whom went down in the ship, as there
was no time to get the men on deck.
Myself and number of survivors. aided
by lifebelts, swan to small launch and
about ten o'clock in the morning we
went aboard fisher boat. All of the
officers were sent to Shimonoseki. In
the engagement fought off Liancourt
rocks the Russian battieships were sur
rounded by Japanese ships which cir
cled about them, pouring in a terrible
fire, and they almost Immediately fell
into hopeless confusion. Seeing their
plight, Vice Admiral Togo signaled from
the battleship Mikasa demand to know
whether the Russians were ready to sur
render. Our ships complied with the de-
mand.''
Describes the Battle.
Moscow, June 1.-The Russky Slovo
prints dispatch from Vladivostok de-
scribing Saturdays battle and giving
the Japanese losses on that day as three
ships sunk, namely: A three-funneled
vessel, cruiser of the Nisshin type and
third, the type of which has not been
determined. According to the dispatch
the battle opened the morning of May 20,
when japanese armored cruiser and
four protected cruisers approached the
Russians. The battleships Nicholas 1.
opened fire on the japanese, who retired.
Admiral Rojestvensky then marshaled
his feet in order of battle The ships
continued on their course in two lines
column ahead. The main battle com
menced at dusk. the Japanese maneuver-
ing in a circle around the Russian feet.
Rojestvensky' IS flagship, the Kniaz Souv-
aroff. was set on fire five times before
being destroyed The Nicholas I. turned
turtle. The Orle's masts and stacks were
shot away and the Aurora lost her mast.
Two battleships of the Borodino type
listed badly. A torpedo attack COM
menced before sunset and was repulsed.
but it was resumed during the night and
is believed to have been responsible for
the sinking of the damaged ships. Other
details in the Russky Slovo's dispatch
are conflicting, but are unimportant.
Kamimura in Pursuit.
Toxic. June 1.-Vice Admiral Kami-
mura and fleet of swift cruisers have
started for the south at full speed. 1t
is believed that the missing cruisers
Aurora, Jemtchug and Oleg have been
located off Shanghai and that Kami-
mura has gone in pursuit.
Reach Vladivostok.
Vladivostok, May 31.-Two ships
alone of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's
powerful flotilla, the swift cruiser Almaz
and the torpedo boat destroyer Grozny,
lie at anchor here in the curving harbor
of Golden Horn. they having separated
from the fleet in the early stage OF the
battle which began in the Korea strait
Saturday and headed, in obedience to
orders, with full speed to Vladivostok.
Officers OF the Almaz and Grozny say
that both fleets had already sustained
terrible losses when the Almaz and
Grozny broke through the hostile line.
Of the Japanese two battleships had
gone down before their eyes and two
cruisers. their sterns high out of the
water seemed ready to plunge foremost
to the bottom of the sea.