AN ENTIRE FLEET SEIZED WITH PANIO.
By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. Received 11.7 p.u>.. May 31. London, May 31?**
Thoro is wild talk in military circles at St. Petersburg of temporarily abandoning Manchuria, and sending a million troopi later to retrieve tho position.
On hearing of the disaster the Czar ds* dared, “ It’s all over.” Afterwards he relapsed into tho unshaken superstition that the Russians cannot bo beaten. - ■ ; Up to noon on Monday 2223 Russian officers and men had been rescued pit landed at various plnces under the 'whijk. flag. The survivor declare that the attack was so sudden and complete, and Admiral Togo’s piau'sn different from what was expected, that the entire fleet was seized with panic. The long range fire was deadly. The water was smooth during the moonlight attack. Torpedoors, swarming like hornets, encircled -the It is believed that Japanese submarines participated.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1469, 1 June 1905, Page 2
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