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:''"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."''

''Navigating Flag Lieutenant [[Filippovsky]] aboard [[Kn. Suvorov]]''

''-Navigating Flag Lieutenant [[Filippovsky]] aboard [[Kn. Suvorov]]''

==Background==

==Background==

On 15 October 1904, the Second Pacific Squadron finally set sail from the Baltic and headed toward their comrades at Port Arthur, it would be May 1905 before they finally arrived.

On 15 October 1904, the Second Pacific Squadron finally set sail from the Baltic and headed toward their comrades at Port Arthur, it would be May 1905 before they finally arrived.

:'''"Kokoku no kohai kono issen ni ari; kakuin isso funrei doryoku seyo"'''

:''"Kokoku no kohai kono issen ni ari; kakuin isso funrei doryoku seyo"''

The fate of the Empire rests upon this one battle; let every man do his utmost.  

''(The fate of the Empire rests upon this one battle; let every man do his utmost.)''

''Admiral [[Togo]] to the [[Japanese Fleet]], 27 May 1905''

''-Admiral [[Togo]] to the [[Japanese Fleet]], 27 May 1905''

After nearly superhuman effort and an unprecedented voyage of 18,000 miles around the world from the Baltic, the now Vice Admiral Zinovi Petrovitch Rozhdestvenski, by May 1905 was steaming through the [[South China Sea]]. The [[Third Pacific Squadron]], under the command of Rear Admiral Nikolai [[Nebogatov]], had joined Rozhdestvenski's fleet that month. The reinforcement sent by [[St. Petersburg]] was actually more of a hindrance than help. Nebogatov's ships  

After nearly superhuman effort and an unprecedented voyage of 18,000 miles around the world from the Baltic, the now Vice Admiral Zinovi Petrovitch Rozhdestvenski, by May 1905 was steaming through the [[South China Sea]]. The [[Third Pacific Squadron]], under the command of Rear Admiral Nikolai [[Nebogatov]], had joined Rozhdestvenski's fleet that month. The reinforcement sent by [[St. Petersburg]] was actually more of a hindrance than help. Nebogatov's ships