In winning this signal victory over the fleet of his enemy, Admiral Togo suffered but slight damage to the ships under his command. In spite of the heavy fighting at close range, none of the Japanese vessels were crippled--a circumstance of the utmost importance to Japan, who, unlike her enemy, has no second fleet to draw upon, and whose losses were therefore irreparable. The _Mikasa_, in which the brunt of the fighting fell, lost 32 killed and 78 wounded; the _Yakumo_, 12 killed and 10 wounded; the _Nishin_, 16 killed and 17 wounded; the _Kasuga_, 10 wounded; and the rest of the fleet a few wounded only. These casualties altogether were far exceeded by those endured on the _Czarevitch_ or the _Retvisan_ alone; and the difference can only be accounted for by the greater accuracy and efficiency of the Japanese gun fire. Of the fleet that left Port Arthur on the morning of the 10th of August, only a shattered remnant returned again--five battleships and two cruisers. But the sum of Russia's disasters had not been reached. It was fated that the Vladivostock squadron was to share the fate of the Port Arthur fleet. [Sidenote: The Last Raid from Vladivostock] So sudden had been Admiral Witoft's resolution to attempt a sortie, that no arrangements for concerted action with Admiral Skrydloff at Vladivostock had been made. It was the destroyer _Rishitelni_, whose arrival at Chifu caused such unpleasantness, that bore the message informing Skrydloff of what was happening. Fortunately for themselves the Japanese seized the _Rishitelni_ too late to intercept that message. Skrydloff on the 12th steamed from Vladivostock with the cruisers _Gromoboi_, _Rossia_, and _Rurik_, and made straight for the Korean Straits. In the early morning of the 14th of August the Russian cruisers reached their old hunting-ground, and the critical point in their course--the narrow channel that separates the southernmost Japanese islands from the Korean promontory. In their successful raid during July the Vladivostock cruisers had reached the same point, and by good luck had evaded Kamimura's pursuit. The fortune of war had hitherto been all against the gallant Japanese Admiral, to whom had been committed the task of watching the Vladivostock squadron, and in particular, of guarding the Korean Straits. Even on this last decisive occasion that was to avenge his previous disappointments, he nearly missed his prey, who had got to southward of his fleet. But a timely glint of sunlight revealed the object of his long quest, and immediately putting his ships between the enemy and Vladivostock he was able to say with Cromwell at Dunbar: "The Lord hath delivered them into my hand". Kamimura had with him four armored cruisers of high speed and powerful armament--the _Tokiwa_, the _Adzuma_, the _Idzumo_, and the _Iwate_. The last two vessels were of 24 knots speed, and the slowest was of 21 knots. In gun power all the vessels were practically equal,