The second phase unfolded over ground already obscured by smoke, while the Russian formation had broken up and leading ships did not survive to report their actions. Corbett pieces together Togo's reversals, Russian turns, and a brief apparent ramming attempt from incomplete observations. His reconstruction repeatedly distinguishes what witnesses saw from what later historians can only infer about Alexander III and the Russian line. The reading is a useful example of disciplined uncertainty in operational history.
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Corbett reconstructs Tsushima's confused second phase
A Corbett passage demonstrates the difficulty of reconstructing Tsushima amid smoke, broken formations, and missing Russian testimony.