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impending Sea Fight. THE BALTIC FLEET. PROGRESS TO THE NdMTR—AND TOGO. Lt.Tnoy; April 13. The British cruisers Sutlej and I phigenia (which, with the battleship Ocean, were ordered from Hongkong lo Singapore on the appearance of the Baltic fiect in that locality last Saturday) have arrived at Singapore. They report passing the Baltic fleet, including seven battleships, at daybreak on Tuesday. The Russian warships were then 550 miles north-east of Singapore, and were steering notthtvards' All Admiral Togo’s battleships have been re-armed with heavy guns. Japanese warships are cruising along the opast of Cochin China to prevent the Russian vessels provisioning and cdaling.The Japanese, are scohting, in the direction of the Anamba Islands. The French gunboats Acheron and Styx are leaving Saigon (French Cochin China)' to protect the neutrality 9f French waters; The French thirdclass cruiser Decartes and five torpedo boats are off Cape St. James (outside Saigon.) Lloyd’s war rates on neutral steamers bound for Japan have arisen by ten shillings per cent.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3510, 15 April 1905, Page 3
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166CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3510, 15 April 1905, Page 3
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