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Show NEDOOATOFF NOT TO DLAME. Ships Were l,n 8lnklng Condition When He Surrendered. St Petersburg Tho preliminary Investigation Into tho surrender by Rear Admiral Ncbogntoft of his squadron nt the battle of tho Sea ot Japan Is said lo be decidedly favor-nbto favor-nbto tn tho admiral The latter, In the official protocol prepared for his approaching trial by cnurtmartlal, cmphnsltes Ihe hopelessly disabled condition of his twn principal ships, tbe lack nf ammunition and tbo ox-liAttsllon ox-liAttsllon ot tbo -crew s nt tho tlmo of tho surrender Tho bittloshlp Orel tnttend of being nlmost uninjured, as staled shortly after tho battle, wns so damaged May 27, 1005, tvtit her commnnder naked Admiral llnjostvcn sky for jiorinlsslon to destroy bor Sho was on the point of sinking tho noxt morning Tho battleship Nicholas Nich-olas I ot tho samo squadron nlto was leaking ono of her tnolvo-lnch guns was. disabled aud her boats woro shot away |