Admiral Skrydloff.
It was Admiral Skrydloff, says a recent writer who declared early in the campaign that Alexieff had blundered at Port Arthur. A strongwilled man and a born fighter, his transfer from the Black Sea squadron to the Pacific was mentioned as probable when Makaroff was given the command. While not holding the enemy so cheaply as some of his compatriots, his estimate of the re= spective naval strengths was, like all other Russian conjectures, much astray. After the first attack on Port Arthur he expressed very flattering opinions of Japan and the Japanese. Among other things, he said that the country possessed an excellent navy, consisting of ships built in British yards, with all the latest improvements in the science of naval construction, and provided with the most modern artillery; and that her troops were most courageous and know how to fight. Nevertheless, he was convinced that, in the event of war, Russia would beat Japan both on sea and land. Russia would have in Japan an adversary who, if not dangerous, was at least worthy of her.
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Manawatu Herald, 10 May 1904, Page 2
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180Admiral Skrydloff. Manawatu Herald, 10 May 1904, Page 2
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