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THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA
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damaged funnels, from the guns which were in action, and from the fires on board, and which mingled with the mist still lying on the water, the enemy's main force seemed to separate from and lose sight of ours. Japanese reports, of which I have availed myself, comment very briefly and somewhat obscurely on this event. Nothing is clear save that Togo, believing our fleet was somehow breaking through to the north, went thither in search of it. Kamimura being of a different opinion proceeded with his cruisers in a south and south-westerly direction. At least, the above will alone explain the glowing panegyrics which I find in the reports entitled “The Prowess of Admiral Kamimura”. If it had not been for this “prowess,” possibly the fight would have ended on 27th May,

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