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Show m Wra'nwjnliaw) " "MS"i mmi I JAI'S WIN SKA BATTLE RUSSIAN CRUISER SUNK, WHILE TWO OTHERS FLED. Big Battle Which Lasted Five Hour and Gave th Mikado' Navy Ma-try Ma-try of the Sea, Restoring Ocean Commerce. Advices from Tokto, under date rf Augiint 14, state that Vice Admiral Kamlmura nrnnntercil the Husslao Vlaillvortok squadron north of TsO Island In the strnlt of Korea, and nt tacked the enemy iU once. The bat-tlo bat-tlo lasted for five hours and resulted In a complete Japanese victory. Tin HiikmIhii cruiM-r Hurlk was sunk and the cruisers Hossla and Crombol lli d to the northward after having sustained sus-tained acrlcus damage. Vlco Admiral Knmlmurs cables Ihe navy department depart-ment that Ihe Injuries Inflicted upon his vessels were slight. Tho fate of the crew of Ihe Hurlk Is not known. It Is presumed thnt many of them were killed or drowned. Tho strength nf Iho fleet under Vlco Admiral Kamlmura I not known, but It la presumed tht ho had th Adsurna, Idsumo, Iwate, Takot-blsbo and other light cruiser. Toklo Is Joyous over thl news, a H gives Japan mastery of tho Bta ana restore commerce. Flag are flying, lanterns are gllai-morlng gllai-morlng and crle of "banzai" are ringing ring-ing In the street of Toklo In honor of tho victory gained at ca by Admlrnl Togo and Vice Admiral Kamlmura. Undrrnoiitli Ihe Jolllllrntion of tho populace lie a feeling of deep satisfaction satis-faction and gratification at tho disposal dis-posal nf desperately serious probli m of the war. Tho Russian squadron which confronted con-fronted Admiral Togo refused battlo. It waa stronger than Admiral Togo squadron in battleships nnd armored cruisers and had It elected lo fight the , result might havo alU-rrn the fortunes of war. The strength of tho siiundron which opposed Admiral Togo compelled htm s to draw vessel from the squadron j under Vice Admiral Kamlmura and thl left tho Japanese navy powrrlrsa to operate against the Hussion Vladivostok Vladi-vostok squadron and uuiible to pre-Tent pre-Tent the raids of these vessels. . Tho raid conducted by tho Vladivostok Vladivos-tok squadron In July wa extremely expensive to Japan, nnd not only was 1 retaliation templing, but it wa do- 1 manded by commercial Interest. Tho J navy, however, grimly refused to L make ft diversion and stuck to Port 1 Arthur. It wai.cuuttdent that the bar- -i , I bor scam would be untenable for Iht U Russian warships, and that It would ' , eventually get a fair tight In the open sea away from the Russian land batteries bat-teries nnd thnt tho Japanese would win. Thn calculation of the navy were correct and tho Russians, wltb the chance evened, have been hops- : Itssly defeated. Vice Admiral Kamlmura, after sew ernl months of weary and patient waiting, tlnally got his rhnnro off Tsu Island. He sunk the Russian cruiser .Iturlk and sent tho cruls'-r (iroruobot and Kossla fleeing back from lbs tlKht. |