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THE BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA

starboard column consisted of the 1st and 2nd armoured squadrons, i.e. eight ships—the Suvoroff, Alexander, Borodino, Orel,[1] Sissoy, Navarin, Nakhimoff. On the port side were the 3rd armoured and cruiser squadrons, i.e. eight ships—the Nicolay, Senyavin, Apraxin, Ushakoff, and the cruisers, Oleg, Aurora, Donskoy, and Monomakh. On either beam, and parallel with the leading ships, were the Zemtchug and Izumrud, each accompanied by two torpedo-boats, acting as scouts for the port and star- board columns. In rear of, and between, the wakes of these columns steamed a line of transports which we were obliged

to take to Vladivostok[2]—the Anadir,

  1. ↑ Evidently the Oslyabya was omitted by a printer's error. She should come in as the fifth ship, i.e. after the Orel, and leading the 2nd armoured squadron.—A.B.L.
  2. ↑ Cruel irony! We were attempting to force our way
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