Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-01
SEA FIGHT IS
EXPECTED SOON
RUSSIAN ADMIRAL EXPECTS
NEWS OF NAVAL BATTLE
ANY DAY.
MAY BE BRUSH WITH SCOUTS
NO CONFIRMATION OF RUMoRED
VICTORY OF RoJEsTvENskY
OVER TOGO.
FEAR FLANKING MOVEMENT
RUSSIANS ARE WORRIED BY JAP
ANESE MOVEMENTS IN
MANCHURlA.

st. Petersburg, May 81. - Admiral
Avellan, head of the Russian admiral
ty department, confirms the Associa-
ted Press dispatches saying Vice Ad-
miral Roiestvensky is steaming north
to give battle to Admiral Togo. He
considers it possible that news that
the two fleets have met may be re-
ceived any day.
Battle Within Ten Days.
an admiral of high rank said to the
Associated Press yesterday after
noon:
eve have known for some time that
Rojestvensky would not attempt to
pass through the Straits of Formosa,
easily could be mined ahead of his
ships. Rojestvensky undoubtedly will
keep far out to sea in order to avoid
torpedo attacks. A wide detous also
will make it harder for the japanese
scouts to communicate with Togo.
However, l expect news of, battle
within ten days"
The evening papers have got out
extras on the report of Rojestvensky's
victory, and the newsbovs crying the
tidings on the Nevski Prospect were
almost mobbed by the people in their
eagerness to learn the details.
Rumor Not Confirmed.
London, May 81. = No news has
reached London up to this hour re-
garding the movements of the rival
Russian and Japanese fleets or in
any way confirmatorv of the rumor
from Manila that the fleets had met
south OF Formosa ard that the Japan
csc had been defeated.
The news that Vice Admiral Roiest-
vensky's squadrons had passed For
mosa served to harden insurance rates
at Lloyds.
Knows of No Sea Fight.
st. Petersburg, May 27. = The ad-
miralty has no information confrma-
tory of the Manila report of the defeat
OF Admiral Togo south of Formosa.
While it is considered possible that
there may have been a brush between
scouts, the idea of an open battle with
Togo is not credited in the best in
formed naval circles, where the opin-
ion is expressed that Admiral Togo
would not dare to risk bringing his
battleship division so fa.' sout to meet
Admiral Rojestvensky. 1t is believed
that Togo will try to keep in touch
with the Russians by means of fast
cruisers ard await his approach off
the japanese coast. According to the
admiralty's calculations Roiestvenskv
should now be far out in the Pacific.
almost a thousand miles northeast of
the place where the battle is reported
to have occurred
Sight Fifty Warships.
Manila. May 81. - Oficial advices
have been received from Vigan that
on May 20 over fifty war vessels were
sighted off tho east coast of the Batan
islands, sailing in northeast direc-
ton. 1t is supposed that the vessels
We're Russian. The Batan islands are
about halfway between Luzon and
Formosa.
Fear Turning Movement.
Gunshu Pass, May 27.-A squadron
OF Japanese cavalry which had been
reconnoitering deep into the Russian
rear encountered and defeated small
detachment of Russians northwest of
Gunshu Pass, twelve miles from the
railway on May %, and on the follow
ing day penetrated almost to the sta
ton Of Tanziatun, twenty miles north
Of Gunshu Pass.
The appearance Of the Japanese so
Tar from their base is taken as an init
nation OF their desire for information
preliminary to turning this flank.
Reports of the movements of the
japanese in the direction of Tsitsisar.
300 miles west Of Hardin. have been