It was some time before the full measure of Russia's disaster could be ascertained; for the movements of several of the dispersed vessels had been lost sight of. But at last all doubts were resolved. The _Czarevitch_ and three destroyers reached Kiao-chau. The _Askold_ and one destroyer found refuge at Shanghai. The _Diana_ was able to make the French port of Saigon. Two destroyers went ashore near Wei-hai-wei and were abandoned; and one destroyer entered Chifu Harbor and was there seized by the Japanese and made a prize, in defiance of respect for a neutral port. The indomitable little _Novik_ alone of all Russia's fleet attempted to make for Vladivostock. This swift cruiser had come out of the fight comparatively uninjured; and having put into Kiao-chau for coal, she steamed eastward again, and for some days was lost sight of. But the Japanese, though full of admiration for the exploits of the _Novik_, could not afford to let her escape, and they were on the watch for her appearance in the straits through which she must pass to reach Vladivostock. The cruisers _Tsushima_ and _Chitose_ had been searching the Soya Straits, which lie between Saghalien and Yezo, when at last the former vessel sighted the little _Novik_ on the afternoon of the 20th of August in Korsakovsk Harbor. Immediately the attack began, and the _Novik_ was soon compelled to retreat into the inner harbor, but not before she had inflicted such damage on the _Tsushima_ as to compel her to draw off. Presently, however, the _Chitose_ arrived, and next day completed the destruction of the _Novik_, whose crew abandoned her after running her on the beach. So ended the career of the one ship in the Russian Navy whose handling has consistently done credit to Russian seamanship. [Sidenote: International Complications]