RUSSIAN OFFICER'S STATEMENT.
LONDON, October -27. Reuters ■correspondent at Vigol reports: that Prince Keretitli, officer on the Russiam battleship Imperatur Alexander, states that the transport AmadW. steaming " ahead of the squadron, was suddenly surrounded ■by eight torpedoers, and requested assistanceThe battleships: division advanced, and signalled the unknown vessels to leave or state their nationality. They refused, and advanced among the battleships. Suddenly one of them fired a cannon. Admiral Rozzestverski formed into line of battle, and replied to the fire, afterwards continuing the voyage. The ■^Russians feared tho 1 vessels were Japanese, as the Admiral knows they purdhasedj tyoTpedloer-s in England-
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Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10451, 28 October 1904, Page 4
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