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

CHAPTER I

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BEGINNING THE VOYAGE

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 Bank--The _Kamchatka_ "attacked"--The North Sea Trawlers--The _Aurora_ fired on--The Ship's Barber--"Foggy Albion"--Crossing the Bay--Complications--At Vigo--Protests from England 1