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WHAT THE BATTLE MEANS

"THE GREATEST SUCCESS BINCE' TRAFALGAR.":

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1904.

weapon of the present and of the future in ́narrow waters, though not ins on the high

sens.

THE RUSSIAN FLEET NOW.

The first few days of figh ing bave halved the The incidents of the night attack at Fort Ar-fighting power of the Russian fleet without any thur throw a striking, light upon the power of serious loss to the Japanese. The following are the modern torpedo, For years it has been the serviceable Russian ships of fighting power maintained by the ablest of the 'young officers in most of the great navies that the torpedo was the weapon of the future. The deeds of the Japanese boats show that this contention rested on solid foundations.

Of recent years the torpedo has been improv ed in two ways. In the first place, the projectile itself for the torpedo is really an immense shell, moving automatically on the surface of the water--has been increased in size from 14in. in diameter 18in. The 14in. carried from 6gih. to yolb. of gun-cotton in the head, and ran 600 yards at twenty-six knots. The 18in. carries rolu. to 199'b. of explosive, and before the invention of the gyroscope ran 800 yards at twenty-nine to thirty pots.

TO FIRE AT 3,000 YARDS.

now remaining.

PORT ARTHUR FLEET. VLADIVOSTOCK FLEET. Battleships:

Armoured Cruiser:

Persevict Publeda

Cruiser:

Boyarin

Gromobot

Cruisers:

Rossio

Rurik Bogatyr

of this fleet is 54.

On the Jane method of valuation, the value

By the same valuation the value of the Japan. one fleet is 138, without any prizes or the new Argentine craisers. If the Argentine ships are included the Japanese force is 150, or nearly three times the "ussian-Er.

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The profound revolution wrought by the appearance of this improvement in the torpedo has scarcely been griped by the navies of the world. It means destruction to any fleet which anchors at night outside a securely enclosed barbour.

At the indications a: Port Arthur point to a long range attack with gyroscope torpedoes. In the first place, the Japanese boats do not appear to have been seen before the actual explosions. In the second place, the selection of three of the best of the Russian ships-and certainly the two best of their battleships- points to a careful examination beforehand of the position of the Russian fleet, and the cool selection from a distance of the targets. In the such and furious excitement of an attack, with the boats running full speed through a sea torn with projectiles, it is almost impossible that there should have been such a skilful| selection.

The accounts of the affair which have reach- ed us make no mention of any boats being seen escaping. This again points to the gyro- scope and long-range attack delivered by men who are consummate masters of torpedo tactics

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? There were seemingly repeated attacks at fong range, for torpedo explosions are reported as having occurred again and again well on into the early morning. In other words, gyroscope torpedo after torpedo was fired at the Russian feet. Possibly some of the ships which Admiral Alexeieff has reported to have been injured by gun-fire were also struck by these later torpedoes.

The last fact pointing to the use of the gyro- scope is that there are no signs whatever of any Injury to the Japanese torpedo craft,

What does this success mean?-the greate t won by any fleet since the battle of Trafalgar, nearly a hundred years ago, and won in a more amazing and terrible way?

It will not escape notice that the destruction done was such as gunfire could never have ac

complished, it is most improbable that three

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action in this manner without any loss of ships

destroyed for a ship is destroyed from the military point of view when she is randered

useless during the course of a war—was as follows

Tsarevlich Retvizan

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Pallada

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The Retvizan is damaged somewhat forward; amidships, and the same remarks apply to her. The Pallada was hit amidships, which means probably that she is now a mere wreck.

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