Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1904 — Blows that Have Staggered Russia. [ARTICLE]

Blows that Have Staggered Russia.

The naval losses of Russia since the outbreak of the war in battleships, cruisers and torpedo craft destroyed or dam' aged are as follows: Czarewitch, battleship, torpedoed and beached at Port Arthur, Feb. 7; 13,110 tons. ■ Retvizan, torpedoed and beached at Port Arthur, Feb. 8. Repaired and used as a floating fort; 12,700 took. Pallada, cruiser, torpedoed at Port Arthur and beached, Feb. 8-; repaired; 3,200 tons. Boyarin, cruiser, disabled by Japanese at Port Arthur and beached, Feb. 8; sunk dn Feb. 14; 3,200 tons. Askold, cruiser, disabled by Japanese at Port Arthur: hole below water hue; Feb. 9; repaired; 3.100 tons. Diana, cruiser, disabled by Japanese at Port Arthur; hole below water line; Feb. 9; repaired; 6,630 tons. Variag, cruiser, destroyed by Japanese ar Chemulpo, Feb. 9; 6.500 tons. Poltava, battleship, disabled by Japanese at Port Arthur; hole below water line; Feb. 9; 10,906 tons. >. Petropavlovsk, battleship, blown up by mine at Port Arthur, April 13; 10,960 tons.

Pobieda, battleship, damaged by mine at Port Arthur, April 13; 12,674 tons. Torpedo boats and gunboats: Korietz, destroyed by Japanese at Chemulpo, Feb. 9. Manju, said to have been seized by Japanese at Nagasaki. Feb. 9. Yenesei, torpedo destroyer, blow-n up by Russian mine, Feb. 11. Skori. torpedo boat, sunk by Russian mine, March 16. Bez Shumi, torpedo destroyer, sunk by Japanese, April 13. •Bezstrashni, torpedo destroyer,- sunk by Jap.dhese, April 13.