Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1904 — ADMIRAL TOGO’S REPORT [ARTICLE]

ADMIRAL TOGO’S REPORT

Tells of the Battle and Scattering of tbe Russian Vessels. Tokio, Aug. 15.—Admiral Togo has reported as follows: “On Aug. 10 our combined fleet attacked the enemy’s fleet near Gugan rock. The Russian vessels were emerging from Port Arthur trying to go south. We pursued the enemy to the eastward. Severe fighting lasted from 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon until sundown. Toward the close the enemy’s fire weakened remarkably. His formation became confused, and then bis ships scattered. Tbe Russian cruisers Askold and Norik and several torpedo boat destroy-

»n fled to the southward. Other of tbe enemy’s ships retreated separately toward Port Arthur. "We pursued them, and it appears that we Inflicted considerable damage. We found life buoys and other articles belonging to the Russian battleship Osareviteh floating at sea. The Czarevitch probably was sunk. We have received no reports from the torpedo boats and the torpedo boat destroyers which were engaged In the attack on the ships of the enemy. The Russian vessels, with the exception of the Askold, the Novik, the Czarevitch and the cruiser Pallada, appear to have returned to Pert Arthur. Our damage was slight. Our fighting power baa not been Impaired.” Admiral Togo reports that five Russian battleships appear to have been heavily damaged in the engagement of Aog. 10. The Pobleda lost two masts and one of her heavy guns was disabled. The flagship Retvizan, which was hit several times at a distance of 8,600 yards, seems to have sustained the greatest Injury. RUSSIAN COLORS LOWERED Flags On the Battleship Czarevitch and Other Boats Pulled Down. Tsingchou, Aug. 16.—The battleship Czarevitch, the cruiser Askold and the torpedoboat destroyer Grozovoi have lowered their flags. The colors were taken down In the presence of the German Governor. This action means that the three Russian warships will not put to sea again so long as toe war lasts. They now are under the protection of the German government. The three vessels sought protection here in their flight from the Japanese fleet after the battle off Port Arthur. Both the Czarevitch and the Askold are almost total wrecks. The havoc wrought by the Japanese shells has rendered them practically unfit for further service. The Czarevitch is a fearful wreck. She has four boles a foot and a half square, covered with wooden patches. Her masts are shattered ani part of her bridge has been carried away. Her funnels are twisted into all sorts of shapes. The deck Is covered with debris, her guns ore dented by shells and her light gear has been swept into the sea. 1 She presents a sickening sight All her officers were killed and many of the men were wounded. The groans of the dying were fearful to hear. NO NEWS OF VESSELS Russian Cruisers Which Escaped Kamimura Are Not at Vladivostok. 't? - - Loudon, Aug. 18.—A dispatch to a news agency from St. Petersburg says that neither the armored cruiser Gromoboi nor the armored cruiser Rossia of tbe Vladivostok squadron, which were engaged on Sunday with a Japanese squadron commanded by Admiral Kamimura, has succeeded iu reaching Vladivostok, and that their whereabouts are unknown. Russia lias agreed to disarmament of the Russian cruiser Askold, now at Shanghai. The admiralty here does not confirm the arrival of the Russian cruisers Diana and Pallada at Vladivostok. A dispatch received from Viceroy Alexieff, who is at Vladivostok. makes no mention of these two warships. RUSSIA'S FORMAL PROTEST It Is in the Nature of a Circular Addressed to All the Powers. London, Aug. 17.—Ambassador Benkendorff, carrying out the instructions of Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, presented to Foreign Secretary Lansdowne an official protest from his government against the “Flagrant violation of International law and neutrality” by the Japanese torpedo-boat destroyers at Chefoo. The protest is In the nature of a circular to all the powers and recites the facts as already published. , Japs Rescued 450 Rurik Men. Tokio, Aug. 16. —A dispatch to the admiralty from the naval establishment at Takeshiki says Admiral Kamimura met the Vladivostok squadron twenty miles from Ulsan, Korea, at 5 o'clock Sunday morning. The battle ended at 10:30 a. m. The Rurik sank by the stern, her bow standing up perpendicularly. The Japanese rescued 450 members of the Rurik's crew. The Rossia and the Gromoboi caught fire several times and were heavily damaged. Only one of the Japanese ships was hit. Two Japanese were killed and seven were wounded. Japs on a Flanking Move. Liao-Yang, Aug. 18. —A general Japanese flanking movement is developing to the east, and parallel with the railway. The movement involves the whole mass of troops from I)alin pass (about twenty-five milessouthwestof Ta-Tclie-Kiao) to Diodinshan, on the Taitse river (thirty-five miles southeast of Mukden). Japs Occupy Tsian Hill. Mukden, Aug. 18. —The Japanese have occupied Tsian hill on the Russian extreme left. A small force of Japanese Infantry occupied Dapindu pass Aug. 15. The Russian outposts retired.