From Libau to Tsushima A narrative of the voyage of Admiral Rojdestvensky's fleet to eastern seas, including a detailed account of the Dogger Bank incident

To-day was full of events. This morning I went on shore to send my letters and help dispatch others. There was a large crowd at the post-office. All were hurrying to get rid of...

_January 12th._--It is very possible that on the 16th the fleet will receive instructions from Petersburg either to return, proceed to the East, or stay somewhere here until fur...

_April 13th._--At about nine o'clock the signalman in an emotional voice announced that a warship was coming towards us from the north, flying the Russian naval flag and several...

I only went to bed at 4 a.m., and rose at 8 a.m. We prepared to leave here at dawn, but at 1.30 a thick fog came on and continued till 9.30. As soon as it dispersed, the fleet w...

This is how it has all turned out! We stopped this morning and anchored. No one knows where we are or where Gaboon lies. We have sent the _Roland_ north to the coast to find a l...

_December 28th._--Since early this morning I have been visiting ships. Here is a description of life in a torpedo-boat,--crowded, dirty, hot, and always rolling; the decks litte...

There is a report in the newspapers that, during the firing on the steamers in the German Ocean, the chaplain of the _Aurora_ was wounded, and now they have sent him into hospit...

Steamboats and torpedo-boats have gone to reconnoitre and take soundings. Coaling is just beginning. As we approached this morning there was a fog. Suddenly it lifted, and betwe...

The return from the club in the morning, a frightened wife with a telegram, the rush from Petersburg to Cronstadt, hurried calls, appointment to the _Suvaroff_, good-byes, send-...

_March 23rd_ (morning).--Yesterday the following message was received from the captain of the _Terek_: "The crew will not disperse after prayers, and demand that the first lieut...

I saw a wedding of a mulatto and a Malagassy. A long procession of negroes went to the mayor's to sign the contract, and then went to the church, where the priest married them....

The last letter I received was dated March 28th. It is quick. And all because Günsburg sent it on. All the ships have received an enormous mail. They were a long time sorting it.

Uncertainty--Firing Practice--Martial Law in Russia--Narrow Escape from a Collision--The _Suvaroff_ flooded--Capture by the _Oleg_--On Shore--A Supposed Spy--German Methods--Pla...

Life in a Torpedo-boat--Elephantiasis--Officers discharged--Sailors suffocated--A Funeral Service--Further Tragical Mishaps--_Suvaroff_ Shore Leave stopped--A Snake in the Hay--...

Leaving Nosi Be--Confusion on the _Kamchatka_--Preparations--The _Regina_ and the Japanese--A Grand Armada--Fearful Heat--Various Breakdowns--Steaming without Lights--A Star mis...

Passing Capetown--A Steamer following--A Furious Gale--The _Malay_ again in Trouble--Fire on the _Suvaroff_--Bad Coal--General Alarm--Another Storm--Madagascar in Sight--Sickeni...

Vigo and the Spanish--Chased--An English Escort--That Horrid Britannia!--A Memorial Service for Alexander III.--Cruisers--Tangier--Japanese Torpedo-boats at Hull--The _Suvaroff_...

Sympathy of French Admiral--Japanese Spies--Expensive Food--The Russian System--A Rat Bite--Squalor--Want of Engineers--An Alarm--"Apes" and "Anyhows"--The _Oleg_--Preparations...

Arrival at Kamranh--Chances Neglected--Despair--Losing Time--More Accidents--Meeting of Admirals and Captains--Post Difficulties--A Goat--Cockroaches--Hard Work repairing--A Fre...

A Nigger Wedding--Effects of Drink--Anxiety about the _Irtish_--Quarrels among the Officers--A Suppressed Telegram--Bad News of Vladivostok--A Dummy Dirk--Indignation at Home Ne...

Off Gaboon--Rats--Wiring for News--Requested to leave by the French--Cannibals--Awaking a King--Photographed with Royalty--A Captain reprimanded--Libreville--Dancing a Tam-tam--...

PAGE The Summons--The Emperor visits the Fleet--Worries and Work--Fear of Japanese Mines--Repairs--The Order of St. Anne--Mishaps--Suspicions and Nerve-strain--On the Dogger Ban...

Mutiny--More Mishaps--Dogs--Straits of Malacca--Imaginary Torpedo-boats--Will the Japanese attack?--Passing Malacca--No News of the War--Night Attack feared--Small Hope of Victo...