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Show iTELL THE STORY. Hpanwe Tell What They Hjof Engagement. bttdiy, May f. 19 30 a. HJ In transmission) A Hjncl Japanese sailors jt It.' hospital at Mald-Ht- Tbe oi-:-. nl.i i h- li.it -HF Jpani-:-o aii'l Russian HJ&turday our squadron H,v! and advanced r fhannf) t 2.nH In HKCt 8'Rhtfd tlx- P. u M Ml H,ttel In we fournl the Hfff1kadine ,he lino v. ith 1,5' Alexander in in-and in-and the Navarln fol- Bo Ships In rieet. Hll tro iqht vip the rear. HP ''n W- Olisr-, r-,1 fl o HF.ln,m came the sue, 1'irre.i.. boat destroy-H!- th rtj -two Russian j battkship Mikasa m,Z"'":r v-' Russians Hk Iortnaiion IBjcn Gi.ra Brittle- HR"frrfl f-'. ic HH;n,,!tar,uKy tin- Ml-Hin Ml-Hin ' 1 h 1 t, L: "Hi f :"Utshe f"V T fcgcr Asama ap- the Admiral Oushakoffa dn,-k was ob-served ob-served to he nhlaze and the ship loft the line. By 4:80 In the afternoon the Russian line was disordered and Its fire Blackened. Th Borodino and Kamt-chatka Kamt-chatka had been disabled and Mnnn nank The Borodino continued to fire bravely until the ship was submerged Search for the Remnants. The Japanese fleet continued fo maintain main-tain enveloping positions from sundown sun-down until dawn. Sunday mornlnp; opened misty but the weather soon cleared and the search for the remnants rem-nants of thr- Russian fleet was hegnjn. Five Russian ships were discovered in tho viclnlt) of Llancourt island and they were Immediately surrounded. NeboatotT Surrenders. One suppoSed to be the Isumrud escaped es-caped at full speed. The remaining; four offered no resistance and hoisi d th Japanese 'lap over the Russian colors, col-ors, apparently offering to surrender, i 'apt. Vnshlro. . nmmandlnp the Asamct, started ln a small boat to ascertain th real Intentions of the RiifSlans, when Admiral Nebogatoff lowered n boat and came on board the Asama, where lie formally surrendered The prisoner- were distributed among the Japanese ships and prize crews were selected to take possesion of the captured vessels. About this time we received a message mes-sage saying that a portion of our squadron was hotly engaging the remaining re-maining Russian ships. The Asama hastened to the scene of combat and found the Russian rrulser Dmitri Don-skol Don-skol vigorously resisting the Japanese attack The Donskol attempted to escape es-cape and we pursued until after sundown, sun-down, resuming torpedo attacks at nightfall. Donskoi Was Beached. Monday morning the search was resumed re-sumed by a portion of the Japanese squadron and it was learned that the Donskol had been beached on Ullun Island Isl-and We were ordered to bring the Orel to Maldzuru. On the way the captain of the Orel died of wounds received during the baitle. While we were proceeding pro-ceeding we were advised of the capture of Rojestvensky and our men were greatly cheered by the news. |
