[5] “Together” has a literal meaning: the ships all change direction simultaneously to the same side and at the same angle. By doing this they take up a new formation, parallel to their former line, and to starboard or to port of it, moving ahead or not according to the size of the angle of turning. Shortly after changing direction the order is again given to turn “together” at the same angle, but to the opposite side, and the ships thus find themselves once more in single column line ahead, but at some distance to starboard or to port of their original course. “Together” is the direct opposite to “in succession,” when each ship changes direction as she comes to the spot in which the leading ship has turned--_i.e._ follows her. [6] “Samotopy” literally “self-sinkers.”--A.B.L. [7] Admiral Nebogatoff, with the 3rd squadron, joined the main fleet on 9th May.--A.B.L. [8] A play upon the words. The Russian translation of “presentiment” is “feeling before.”--A.B.L. [9] Fate had not been kind to us. The _Terek_ and _Kuban_ met no one all the time that they were there, and no one knew of their presence in those waters. [10] Verbatim in the context.--A.B.L. [11] According to Japanese reports, Togo, who was stationed with his main body somewhere off Fusan, was at this time in complete ignorance of our whereabouts and was waiting for news from both north and south. [12] A point = 11¼°. [13] At Port Arthur the long Japanese shells of big calibre guns were nicknamed (“chemodani”) “portmanteaus.” Indeed, what else could you call a shell, a foot in diameter and more than 4 feet long, filled with explosive? [14] A flag-sub-lieutenant. [15] Japanese officers said that after Port Arthur had capitulated, while waiting for the Baltic fleet, they worked up to their high state of preparation as follows:--At target practice every gun captain fired five live shells out of his gun. New guns were afterwards substituted for those worn out.