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(the moment of the sinking of the Oslyabya, which under the concentrated fire of six of Admiral Kamimura's armoured cruisers had left the line even before the Suvoroff). According to my own calculations, the latter time was the more likely to be correct. If the enemy's fleet had turned “in succession,” as it had done at the commencement of the battle, this manœuvre of the Alexander's might have been successful, but, realising the gravity of the moment, Togo, on this occasion, gave the order to turn 16 points to port “together.” The manœuvre was not altogether successful. The 1st squadron (Mikasa, Shikishima, Fuji, Asahi, Kasuga, and Nisshin) performed it correctly, but Kamimura, with his cruisers — probably not having