CHAPTER XII

PREPARING FOR BATTLE

Expecting Torpedo and Submarine Attacks--Delay--Signals--Formosa--Coaling--A Steamer arrested--Love of Secrets--A Possible Japanese Scout--Contraband Ships--Preparations for Battle--An English Trick--A Balloon sighted--No Sign of the Japanese--The _Irtish_ breaks down--Hopes of reaching Vladivostok 293

NOTE BY MADAME POLITOVSKY 306

APPENDIX.--OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN LOSSES IN THE BATTLE 307

FROM LIBAU TO TSUSHIMA