Tōgō Heihachirō
A similar signal was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War. At the Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905, Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō – who had studied naval tactics in Britain from 1871 to 1878, and was known as the "Nelson of the East" – signalled to his fleet: "The fate of the Empire depends upon today's battle: let every man do his utmost".