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* ''[[Japanese]] (The Combined Fleet) Vs. [[Russian]] (Second and Third Pacific Squadrons)''
* ''[[Japanese]] (The Combined Fleet) Vs. [[Russian]] (Second and Third Pacific Squadrons)''
** ''Period: [[1904]]-[[1905|05]]''
** ''Period: [[1904]]-[[1905|05]]''
:'''"It is absurd to think of steaming victoriously into [[Vladivostok]], or of getting command of the sea! The only possible chance is a dash through, and having dashed through, after two, three, or at the most four sallies, we shall have burnt all our supplies of coal, and have shed our blossoms before we have bloomed. We shall have to prepare for a siege, take our guns on shore, teach the crew to use bayonets."'''
:'''"It is absurd to think of steaming victoriously into [[Vladivostok]], or of getting command of the sea! The only possible chance is a dash through, and having dashed through, after two, three, or at the most four sallies, we shall have burnt all our supplies of coal, and have shed our blossoms before we have bloomed. We shall have to prepare for a siege, take our guns on shore, teach the crew to use bayonets."'''
