Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-06-08

ported that their formation was as fol
lows:
PORT.
Admiral Nakhimoff, armored cruiser.
Admiral Oushakofr, coast defense
ship.
Admiral senlavine, coast defense
ship.
Admiral spraxine, coast defense
ship.
Oleg. Aurora, Almaz, Izumrud and
other cruisers and special service ships.
STARBoARD.
Zemtchurf, protected cruiser.
Borodino, battleship.
Orel, battleship.
Kniaz Suvaroff, battleship and flag.
ship.
Alexander III, battleship.
Navarin, battleship.
Nicolai |, battleship.
The Russian feet steamed slowly and
made stirring spectacle. 1t was es.
pecially inspiring to those who knew
what was lying in wait behind Tsu.
shima.
Togo's Carefully Laid Ambush.
These dispatches have already told
that while the world supposed Togo
to be at the much-advertised Pescador
Islands, he was really waiting quietly
in the sheltered harbor Of Masampho
on the Korean side Of the Korean
Strait. There, with wireless communi-
ont In, lirapttAn ,,,gth N
home fortified ports Of Nagasaki, Shi-
moneseki and Matsuye to run to in
case of need. with his warships in
splendid trim and his aotilla of tor.
pedo boats and destroyers lying ready
in the roadstead of Fusan. with steam
up on every craft and with every man
and gun ready for action, Togo was
guarding the straits.
At the wireless message from Sasu.
ma, Russian squadron In sight" To.
so, the japanese admiral, signaled the
formation Of attack that had been
agreed on and the combined feet start.
ed to meet the enemy. By this time
the day had advanced. the fog had
cleared and the seas we're again run.
ming heavily.
OF Quelpart island the Russian
columns were pointed apparently for
the Broughton Strait, the channel that
lies between the Tsu islands and the
Korean coast, and for a time II looked
as though Rotestbensky planned to
split his columns and send one on each
side Of the islands that divided the
Korean Strait.
Admiral Togo thereupon signaled
to increase speed and force a battle
of the little island of Okino. which
lies to the southeast of Tsushima.
Big Guns Opened the Play.
1t had been planned that the initial
attack should be made by the giant
twelve.inch guns Of the japanese big
ships and that under cover OF the bonn
bardment the torpedoers and destroy
ers should dash for the leading Rus
sian ships and attempt to throw the
enemy's column into confusion.
The commanders of the torpedoine
flotilla had previously been summoned
and had been notified In a few words
by the Admiral of the desperate dut,
that was required Of them and Of the
small chance Of any Of them reporting
again for duty. They were told tina,
It was a simple case of sacrifice anG
they accepted 1t so willingly that the
Admiral found 1t dificult to detail &
torpedo reserve in case the first divi
sion failed in Its task.
Until sunset the heavy guns of tn,
japanese battleships and the ten-incl
battery OF the cruiser Kasuga roarcl
and fired at the on.coming Russians
while the Russian guns roared in re-
ply.
First of the Russian battleships Il
line behind the protected cruise
Zemtchug was the 13,O00-ton Borodin
and these two soon showed that the
were receiving the brunt of the shell
ing. The cruiser Nakimhoff in tn
van of the Russian port column, wa
also observed to be in distress, an
then, the sun having set and the quicl
settling darkness having come, the to-
pedoes were sent out under cover of
still heavier cannonade. The flotill
formed into two sections, one headin
I for the battleship column Of Russian
and the other for the cruisers.