Show after seven engagement the cruiser Is sunk A running sea fight in which the japanese are again victorious boklo august 21 5 p after a severe engagement the protected cruisers chitose and ftfe greyhounds grey hounds 0 the japanese navy the fleet russian cruiser has been vanquish ed the tight occurred today after it the in a sinking condition was run ashore in kor harbor on the island of sakhalin Sak halin the details of this sea fight are not known here but it Is evident that the chitose and caught up with the yesterday and that o 0 ning fight ensued the contest was resumed and terminated early this morning captain chiro takahashi who Is in command of the calt ose reports the engagement in a brief telegram which reached the navy department part ment here this afternoon he bays he first attacked the russian cruiser saturday afternoon and that on sunday morning he inflicted heavy damage upon her the nearly sank but she was beached at korsa kopsk A shell from the struck the in a bunker temporary repairs however rendered the japanese cruiser seaworthy and she continued to tight the japanese suffered no casualties the imperial prince of the house of higashi Is second in command on board the captain beuto commanded the die foo august 21 it has been officially confirmed hero that the russian cruiser was sunk today oft Korsakov sk by the japanese protected cruisers and Is a port on the southern coast of sakhalin Sak halin of the coast of siberia and about miles northeast of vladivostok washington august 20 state department today received the following telegram from minister griscom at boklo japanese fleet eunk off sakhalin Sak halin today the following details of the attack on the have been fec elved at the japanese legation the captain of the protected cruiser reports that the and the protected cruiser attacked the russian cruiser at sakhalin Sak halin island on the moraine of the on the morning of the the which had been heavily damaged was stranded and partly sunk the was hit once in the coal bunker but the damage has already been repaired there was no other damage nor was there a single casualty on either of the japanese vessels boklo aug 21 9 p m no addi dional details of the naval engagement between the and the japanese cruisers cobitose and have yet been received here the fate ot the crew of tho Is not known but it Is thought they abandoned their vessel and landed at Korsakov sk it Is generally thought here that the chitose and steamed in close to the early this morning and completed the destruction commenced yesterday it Js expected a detailed report of the occurrence from the commander of the chitose will be received tomorrow this report is anxiously awaited the news ot tho destruction of the has been received in a curious manner b the japanese public from a practical standpoint it Is highly satisfactory for the could have been most dangerous as a commerce destroyer but considering the clatter from a standpoint much regret Is expressed at the loss the has been splendidly handled and bravely fought throughout the war and japanese naval officers and the public generally have frequently expressed admiration tor the cruiser her commander and her crew the was one 0 the russian fleet that steamed out from port arthur on the morning of august to force its way through the japanese hues she entered tsing tau the night of august alth but got away from there the night of august having remained less than 24 hours she was then erroneously reported to have been sunk forty miles from tsing tan the was next reported headed tor 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 from st petersburg that the had reached Korsa kovek from the fact that the japanese cruisers met the off the southern end of gakhal in it would appear that the russian cruiser had passed through the aurile islands and was endeavoring to reach vladivostok by way 0 la perouse strait avoiding the passage of the strait which was used by the russian vladivostok squadron when it raided the eastern coast 0 japan |