ADMIRAL'S ONEROUS DUTY.
The diagram shows tho first plinso of Tsu-shima and tho magic touch' whereby Admiral Togo practically won tlio baltlo in tho first half-hour. .At 1.40 p.m. oil May 27, 1905, when tho Moots first sighted each othciy tho Japaneso were sloaming west in line ahead. Togo put tho helm over at. A and steamed on to li. Then, before tho Hnssiaus could realists what was coming he put tin' helm over again and crossed their bows, the. tiist. shot being tired at !). The result withal; he was then practically bearing the whelo of liis broadside to tho few Itussian bow guns tbatJcould reply. What happened to one of the leading Russian ships-the Osliabia-is told in" the bttfrpress.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1722, 12 April 1913, Page 15
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120ADMIRAL'S ONEROUS DUTY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1722, 12 April 1913, Page 15
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