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Show HOW SHIP WASSUNK Surgeon on Russian; Bat-Ucshlp Bat-Ucshlp Borodin Dc-scribes, Dc-scribes, Big Battle. 4. SAN T'RXNCISCO'.'JuIy ll.Dr. It. Paris, who was surgeon of the Russian hospital ship Orel, attached to the fleet under command of Admiral Rojest-vensky Rojest-vensky daring the naval battle of the sea of Japan, haa arrived here on his way to Prance. He is a Frenchman, and along with many other surgeons of that nationality, joined the Orel at Toulon as delegates from the French Red Cross society. As an eye-witness of the. battle. Dr. Paris saw the battleship Borodino and many others of the Russian fleet sink. He was within a mile1 of, the Borodino when she began to careen and fill. N "At this time," he said In the course of an Interview, "her guns were firing and I could see that many of the great shells she fired were going skyward or . into the sea beside her. But every Japanese- shell, it seemed, went straight into the vitals of the Borodino. Then came a heavy listing of the big battleship battle-ship and then the tremendous plunge, as she went down by .the, head with hundreds of men aboard." . Dr. Paris says that Admiral Rojest-vensky Rojest-vensky and his officers never seemed to fear defeat, at the hands xf the Japanese, Japa-nese, though the ships were very foul after their long cruise In tropical waters, wa-ters, f |