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 VII

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EVENTS AT NOSI BE

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 News--Good Work by Divers--The Malagassy impertinent--The Germans jeering--The General Staff anathematised--News about Mukden--A Prophecy--Examining the _Aurora_--Waiting for the _Regina_--Signal for Departure 167