RUSSIAN! OFFICER'S LETTER.
OFFICERS: AND CHEW DRUNK. THE FLEET DEMORALISED- i ———— j FIRE ON EACH OTHER- j ■(Received! 4th', 2.20 a-m-) i LONDON, November 3- i A lieutenant aboard one of the ' Baltic fleet writes to his father that most of the crews, officers, and ', men alike, were intoxicated,. They knew they were out of their courseAn alarm was given that the flagship was aground, causing! three of tho rearmost vesselsi to* collide- Amidst the confusion the squadron encountered the supposed torpedo flotilla and fired- Later at night after a rapid exchange of shots between; two !of the Russian vessels, smaller shell being used, it: was revealed that the Russians own T'essels had been fighting. 'Several were wounded- Everyone from the admiral downwards were demoralised'"'and' without heart or hope:-
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Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10457, 4 November 1904, Page 4
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