Show DEADLY TORPEDO ATTACK Principal Cause Cau e of the Disastrous Russian Defeat ton ashI la May y L When the th report rt gIen 1 fn out tit at tr the J this Cd C I was wan shown to a naval officer who is known u an one of th posted d of In Washington ra tm the naval en bi that have occurred since Ute the thep p the latter said saki In attacking with his hil flotilla sundown To Togo n I is tue pot poi Ir IC which h he ham baa f from t the out nu nuS S C 1 lie He has hai never 11 attacked with his toe tor J craft t at ni night ht There Is bI in the dispatch to show o that th this attack inflicted any damage f on the R flee i flan sh ships In an all probability t It bad a most disastrous ros effort OD m tile the or t 4 1 of the t he personnel 1 1 jg is that tat Ui straitS we Were not iteM held for some or Russian ships were fa lay to the north nard when sunk unk and others are yet UR tin accounted for Laggards on the Rocks The UThe group of attacked on tile the rocks were wen tile the laggard of tM the f t and Hd the presence among thOM of th OrOL OreL a much faster fastE r ship than tile the of the g group would seen to t e cite 1 this swift ship had been badly damaged The fact that t these ships stir would Indicate that they were f surrounded b by the main division oC 0 fleet and If this were true With the other ships which e escaped must hI 1 VP gained considerable headway to the northward which would necessitate the J makl making rood good time to over overt 0 me them before fore Vladivostok tok was 88 t TIa hOO It should be that the reports Of oC oh lIta re are not nota a together I and It Is Ii to accEpt as 0 lute t the re reports ot 0 the as to the nanen or of tile the II Q n all the attack of the I Japanese was it t close ra range fur for Kt at the point where the fighting M seems to haye occurred the channel is ROt not OIe more than thirty mi miles wide The attack of the main r force on the th upon the tH group of ships off orf Lien LiKIt Liencourt I court lIrt rocks red shows sho that tide group Ot of I Iy y ls was making king toward the Jan Janest one est coast t I Surprising Facts I What hitt is moot difficult to explain is the capture of so many Is The 1 hO hOsinking sinking of 0 some seine of the lar larger fr and more p powerful ships ma may bt be explained by the opening of the valves of 0 the ships before the they were weN fought to a 8 finish The fact that so m many n prisoners were taken would indicate that in some cases ses the ships shil S were abandoned before they were corn com d disabled gunfirE could not have sunk the larger battleships I without the destruction or of nearly et every everyone one on board I lt It will m probably be b da days s be before fore the tull fuli details arE known or enough to estimate d the actuAl and final result of the e engagement f ent Thus far the reports show a great t hut not t t complete l lor victory for Admiral 9 Togo o te Destruction or capture of n bip and I IthE th other ether large ships if acco accomplished by bythe thE pursuing Japan Japanese fleet will fn give if to Admiral T the most complete slid sweeping naval victory of modern times Umes |