THE RUSSIAN ADMIRAL RALLYING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1472, 5 June 1905, Page 2

THE RUSSIAN ADMIRAL RALLYING.

HOW HE WAB CAPTURED. INTERNING OF RUSSIAN VESSELS AND CREWS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 4.43 p.m., JuDe 4. London, June 3. Admiral Roshdeatvensky iB rallying, and is expected to recover. The worst wound is in the forehead, through a splinter from a BholJ. Tho Japanese first attack was largely concentrated upon the Kniaz Suvaroff. The shells sweeping fcho decks, the masts were shot away. Finally fcho Murastne torpedoed her twice, the first smashing the steering gear, and the second the engines. The vessel immediately lisfced, nearly to fcho water’s edge ; then, rearing up perpendicularly, plunged to the bottom bowa first. When It was evident that the flagship was doomed Admiral Roshdestvensky and staff transferred to a destroyer, which fcho Saßanami disabled and boarded. Tho Admiral was fcho last man discovered. Ho was hiding at the bottom of the destroyer, bleeding freely. Tho Daily Express’ Shanghai correspondent reports that the Japanese Consul insists on tho Russian transports being dismantled and interned with the crews. The Russians agree to the vessels being interned if the crews are returned to their homes.

The Japanese threaten to send warships if their demands are not complied with. Japanese cruisers searching the coasts rescued 600 starving Russians. , Examination of the captured vessels reveals an abundance of ammunition. The vessels were little damaged. They were covered wi?h moss below the waterline, and the guns were rusty.