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Show NOVIK IS DESTROYED Russian Cruiser Is Sunk After Long Running Battle With Japs, TOKIO. Aug. 22. After a severe engagement en-gagement with the protected cruisers Chl-tose Chl-tose and Tsushima, the greyhounds of the Japanese naiy, the fleet Russian cruiser Novlk haa been vanquished. The fight occurred oc-curred Sunday. After it the Novlk. In a sinking condition, was run ashore In Xor-sakovsk Xor-sakovsk harbor on the island of Sakalten. JCorsakovnk is a port on the southern coast of Sakhalten, off the coast of Siberia, Si-beria, and about &0 miles northeast of Vladivlstok. The details of this sea fight are not known here, but it is evident that the Chltose and Tsushima caught up with the Novlk yesterday, and that a running fight Novlk Saturday, and that a runnlgg fight terminated earlv Sunday morning. The news of the destruction of the Novlk No-vlk has been received in a curious manner man-ner by the Japanese public. From a practical prac-tical standpoint it Is highly satisfactory, for the Novlk could have been moat dangerous dan-gerous as a commerce destroyer; but, considering the matter from a sentimental senti-mental standpoint, much regret is expressed ex-pressed at the loss. The Novlk haa been splendidly handled and bravely fought throughout the war. and Japanese naval Officers and the public generally have frequently expressed - admiration for the cruiser, her rommander and crew. The Novik was one of the Russian fleet that steamed out from Port Arthur on the morning of August 10 to force its way through the Japanese lines. She entered Tslngtau tho night of August 12. but got away from there the night of August 12, having remained loss than twenty-four hours. She wjt then erroneously ropurt-ed ropurt-ed to have beeu Bunk forty mileai jrom Tslngtau.- The Novik was next reported headed for Vandiemen strait at the southern end of Japan, evidently in an effort to reach Vladivostok via the eastern coasts of the Japanese islands. Yesterday It was reported re-ported from Rt. -Petersburg that the Novlk No-vlk had reached Korsaliovsk. From the fact that the Japaneso cruiser met the Novik off the southern end of Sakallen It would appear that ,,the Russian cruiser had passed through the Kurlle islands and was endeavoring to reach VI-dl. vostok by way of La Perouse etralt. avoiding the passage of the Tsugai strait, which was used by the Russian Vladivostok squadron when It raided the eastern coast of Japan. 4 . .V |