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THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA
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quietly moving off to his duty, as if the last quiet handshake had been given, and "good-bye" had been said for ever?

“Well!—how about the weather?” said some one—to break the silence.

“Grand,” answered another with a smile. “If we get this all the way to Vladivostok, then thank the Lord! why, a general battle will be impossible.”

Once more a signal was made to the fleet, and, having cast off the majority[1] of our transports at Shanghai, we take up our fresh and last “order of march.”

Ahead, in wedge formation, was the scout division consisting of three ships—the Svietlana, Almaz, and Ural; next came the fleet in two columns. The

  1. ↑ All, except the naval transports carrying war stores, were left at Shanghai.—A.B.L.
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