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THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA

“The last of the halyards are burned,” said Demchinsky to me. “I think I shall take my men somewhere under cover.” Of course, I fully agreed. What was the use of the signalmen remaining under fire when nothing was left for them to signal with!

It was now 2.20 p.m.

Making my way aft through the débris, I met Reydkin hurrying to the forecastle. “We can't fire from the port quarter,” he said excitedly; “everything is on fire there, and the men are suffocated with heat and smoke.”

“Well! come on, let's get some one to put the fire out.”

“I'll do that, but you report to the


    higher than pyroxylene. In fact, one might say that a Japanese shell bursting well did as much damage as twelve of ours bursting equally well. And this ours rarely succeeded in doing!

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