ROZHDESTVENSKY DEAD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 256, 22 July 1908, Page 7

ROZHDESTVENSKY DEAD.

wounds And mart trouble. , (BT-TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTRIGHT.) -. ' (Rec. July-21, 10.5 p.m.) - : St. Petersburg, July' 21. . Obituary: The Russian, Admiral Rozhdestvensky. ■. The cause of death was heart troublo, resulting from wounds received in ' tho Battlo of Tsu Shima. .' \ HIS GREAT VOYAGE. . What iho world, knows of Admiral Rozhdest- : : veiisky is. practically embraced in the his- i ■ tory : of the Russo-Japanese w - ar. He had to j v,Jtake;ifhe Baltic fleet ': a'" huge ocean j , , I voyagej. rivalling that of; the .present ; up-to- j date United States Fleet—a; voyage from the t Baltic to tho China seas via Cape of Good '. ~ Hope—and / he did it. The chief incident en '' . roilte; was the regrettablo shelling of the British | in '.the North . Sea on October 24. : 1 'ISOI,' which drew forth much, biting sarcasm, j and might have caused a war. It seems to 'fiejfairly clear that the firing on tho fishermen' was'.:due to a state of "nerves" in the Russian fleet, and-'to;a ; too lively imagination: as tj Japanese torpedoes. . vlfc'.was not till. May 27, 1905,- that tho.longdrnwn ■ out cruise terminated in the battle of . Tsti:':Shima. '. This, the greatest-naval battle since' Trafalgar (October 21,' 1805), was fought whim: the Russian. Baltic fleet, 1 under Admiral Kozhdestvensky, entering, the Straits c-f Tsu Shiiria; : between Korea : and Japan, was attacked' by-' the' Japanese'; fleet under Admiral Togo,' and; practically annihilated. A fog at first'prevailed, when Admiral Rczhdestvaosky's maih; fleet, steaming in two columns, 'ho bat* tleships lb starboard, and cruisers, to''port, . drew up to Tsu Shima in tho forenooii of May 27..• The fog cleared in the afternoon, when the!; Russian fleet was sighted by:the Japanese .scouts. Immediately. On.recoiving the report that;'the Russian fleet' was in' sight, the com\«quadrohd of tho' : Japjiaese' started-'.for tbo'attackf and met the Russian'squadron near Okirio Shitna, to the southeast of*Tsu Shima. The battlo began between 2 and 3 p.m., a - sttoxig brefeze blowing and a high'sea running. Before: thb engagement commenced, Admiral .. Togo signalled from the flagship Mikasa to.the Japanese fleet: "The fate of the Empire depends on jthis 'effort. '.Let every., mat do his : Utmost." Although inferior in tlid number of . their the skilful tactics and superior ran»e of their guns gave the Japanese . the. superiority, and'enabled thenr to inflict a crushing.'defeat on the Russians.' The battlo. , lasted until the afternoon: of' May 28, and in-' eluded ii engagement, and a torpedo attack "onj the night of May 27, breaking up . the defeated Russian fleet. Tho Kniaz Souvaroff, of Admiral Rozhdestvensky; was ' blown up, the Admiral seri- '''• ausly .wounded, was rescued by a Russian torr pedo-boat'destroyer (aftorwards captured) and ' • takSn prisoner. , Admiral Folkersahm was killed: in,.the conning tower of the .Oslyabya, ahdi Rear-Admiral Nebogatolf wis taken pri- .. . soiior. . - . • : , ' . > \ ■ ,Of .the . Russlap fleet, 21 ships were stink, 5 were captured, and 9 escaped (5_ being interned at; Manila). The Russian loss is estimated at 4000 killed or drowned; 7282 officers, and men taken {prisoners. The Japanese in the engagement lost three torpedo boats, 11G officers and pirn killed, and '538 wounded." * .