A CRUISER AGAINST A FLEET: THE SINKING OF THE RUSSIAN SHIP VARIAG AT CHEMULPO. The cruiser Variag and the gun-boat Korietz were summoned by the Japanese to leave the harbour of Chemulpo, otherwise they would be bombarded where they lay. They accordingly came out and fought against a vastly superior force, including the cruisers Naniwa Takachiho, Akashi, and Suma, and at nightfall retired, only to sail out again next day, with bands playing the Russian National Anthem, to renew the combat, when both Russian vessels were destroyed. The survivors we/c rescued by the French cruiser Pascal. Illustrated London News. (Otago Witness, 20 April 1904)

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A CRUISER AGAINST A FLEET: THE SINKING OF THE RUSSIAN SHIP VARIAG AT CHEMULPO. The cruiser Variag and the gun-boat Korietz were summoned by the Japanese to leave the harbour of Chemulpo, otherwise they would be bombarded where they lay. They accordingly came out and fought against a vastly superior force, including the cruisers Naniwa Takachiho, Akashi, and Suma, and at nightfall retired, only to sail out again next day, with bands playing the Russian National Anthem, to renew the combat, when both Russian vessels were destroyed. The survivors we/c rescued by the French cruiser Pascal. Illustrated London News. (Otago Witness, 20 April 1904)

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