TO-DAY'S CABLES.
The Czarevitch.
Terrible Experiences.
Marvellously Effective Gun Practice by the Japanese.
(Received To-day, at 5.25 a.m.)
London, Last Night. An exciting narrative is told by the officers of the Czarevitch.
Three twelve-inch shells struck tbe vessel within five minutes. The first killed Admiral Withoeft, the second exploded within the barbette, and the third broke the foremast. Another carried the anchors away. The nine-inch Krupp plates resisted the projectiles. When approaching Kiaochau the torpedo boats attacked the Czarevitch iive times.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7826, 19 August 1904, Page 5
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81TO-DAY'S CABLES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7826, 19 August 1904, Page 5
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