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TWO RUSSIAN COM7O.ANDERS. By Telegraph.— Press Associ tf;ion.~Copynght. (Received May 19, 18.40 a.m.) ST. PETERSBUFtfI, 18th May. The Tsar has ordered the release of General Stoessel and A/hniral Nebogatoff, now confined in the fortr&ss of Ste. Peter and Paul, owing to their health being seriously affected. General Stoessel vms tried by courtmartial last year i<»r the surrender at Port Arthur during the war against Japan, and sentenced to death. The Tsar, however, commuted the sentence to ten years' imprisonment in a fortress, with exclusion from military service and loss of his rank. Admiral Nebogatoff was tried by court-martial for his conduct in the naval battle of Tsushima, and sentenced lo a long term of imprisonment.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1909, Page 7
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 117, 19 May 1909, Page 7
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