"Judging from this and former reports, the enemy's main strength, consisting of eight battleships destroyed or captured, three armored cruisers and three coast defence ships destroyed or captured, with the second-class cruisers and other vessels destroyed, the enemy's fighting power is thus annihilated. "Later reports show that during the night of May 27 our torpedo boats, numbered 34, 35 and 69, were sunk by the enemy's fire. Comrades rescued the majority of their crews. Besides the above, there was no damage worth reporting. No warship nor destroyer suffered any loss of fighting or navigating power. [Sidenote: Searching Sea for Remnants] "We anticipated a heavy loss of life, but find that our casualties were comparatively slight. They do not exceed 800 killed and wounded. The casualty reports will be rendered as speedily as possible in order to reassure families and friends. "Nearly the whole strength of both combatants met in battle, and the area of the fighting was very wide. "The first day proved foggy, and even without the smoke and fumes resulting from the battle it was impossible to see five miles. Consequently, during the day it was impossible to locate or observe all the ships under my command. Moreover, the fighting having lasted two days, and the ships of my command being scattered for the purpose of chasing and attacking the enemy, some having received special orders after the battle, it is impossible to collect and frame any detailed report covering the whole battle at the same time." Admiral Togo telegraphed, May 30, as follows: "The ships sent northward to search for Russian ships returned yesterday. The cruisers _Iwate_ and _Yakumo_ and other vessels sent southward to find Russian ships, returned to-day. They thoroughly searched the Shanghai course from Tsushima and vicinity, but on both sides found no trace of the Russians." Admiral Shimamura, on board the cruiser _Iwate_, reports: "During the battle on May 27, at 3.07 P. M., the cruiser _Iwate_ vigorously attacked the protected cruiser _Jemtchug_ at a distance of 3,000 metres. The _Jemtchug_ sank in one minute. The loss of the _Jemtchug_ is, therefore, confirmed. "During the engagement fire broke out on the _Jemtchug_ and smoke concealed the hull of the vessel. Consequently the remainder of our fleet were unable to see the ship." Admiral Togo gave this list of casualties, surprisingly small even to himself, for he had estimated his losses as 800 men. [Sidenote: Japan's Losses Only 424 Men]