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Rozhdestvensky's Fall. —.— .—. CAPTURE OF THE RUSSIAN COMMANDER. , FOUNT, IN A POOL OF BLOODLondon, -Tune 5, Additional particulars regarding the capture ot Admiral Rozhde'atvenskv have come to hand. The Sasanami’s officer states that the destroyer Bildovy when overtaken by the Japanese, boisted the white flag with the red ' cross, an<l signalled that Rozhdestvensky and his staff were aboard. Whv.n the suprised and overjoyed ■ Japanese boarded the vessel, th« • Ri/saian officers were found grouped 9Vonnd Admiral Rozhdestvensky, who was lying in a pool of blood on the bottom of the destroyer, in an almost unconscious state. ‘ The officers pathetically appealed to the Japanese not to remove the Admiral lest his wounds should re-open. The Japanese consented, and at the risk of recapture towed the Bildovy to Sasebo. The Japanese have telegraphed to Madame Rodhdestvensky that her husbands wounds are healing rapidly.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3532, 8 June 1905, Page 3
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141CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3532, 8 June 1905, Page 3
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