Show COULD NOT ESCAPE THE JAPANESE reports now being received in at petersburg concerning the fate of russian ships BARON ferzely BLEW UP SHIP found that he could not escape fromi the pursuing enemy and sent his vessel to the bottom bt petersburg official reports bearing on the naval battle are begin ning to be received by the emperor and grand duke alexis the high ad miral the most important of these reports revealing the fate of the cruiser being a telegram from her captain baron berzen dated june 1 baying that he had blown up the cruiser at the entrance of vladimir bay and briefly describe ing the baade the bron says that before dark on may 27 the abla alexander III and Bo had been sunk and that the kniaz Souva the and the urel had been seriously dam aged and were lost to sight the command then devolved upon rear admiral in the evening the nikolai I 1 the orel the general admiral Ap raxine tha the admiral and the failed northeast ward the lafler being charged to transmit orders two other cot off from the fleet and were not again seen the battleships steaming at tour teen knots were repeatedly attacked by the japanese torpedo boats especially ally at the extremity of the line at dawn it was ascertained that the battleship division consisted of the nikolai I 1 the orel the general ad miral Ap raxine and the admiral be at sunrise may 28 smoke from the japanese ships reappeared on the horizon whereupon the admiral gave orders tor increased speed the admiral Se and general admiral Ap raxine dropped behind toward 10 clock the japanese fleet appeared first to port and then to starboard while the cruiser division maneuvered behind the russians to starboard baron berzen s account continues I 1 was cut off from the squadron and finding it impossible to rejoin 14 resolved to make tor vladivostok I 1 put on full speed and the enemy s cruisers came in pursuit owing to the insufficiency ot my supply ot coal and the certainty of meeting the enemy s cruisers I 1 subsequently al tor bay where I 1 ar rived on the night of may 29 at 1 30 clock next morning in pitch darkness the ran full on a reef at the entrance to the bay ing only ten tons of coal and seeing that it would be impossible to my vessel I 1 ordered the crew ashore and blew up the to prevent her tailing into the hands 0 the enemy ten ot my sailors were wounded in the battle but the officers and the rest ot the crew are all aate |