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COUNT HEIHACHIRO TOGO (1847– )

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COUNT HEIHACHIRO
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TOGO (1847– )  ,
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Japanese
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admiral, was
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born in Kagoshima . He studied
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naval
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science and
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navigation in
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England from 1871 to 1878, and first became a prominent figure when, in 1894, as
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captain of the cruiser " Naniwa," he sunk the
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Chinese troopship " Kowshing " en route for
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Korea, thus precipitating
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war with
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China . When the Russo-Japanese conflict
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broke out in 1904, he was appointed to the commandin-
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chief of the Japanese
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fleet, and under his direction various brilliant operations took
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place, culminating in the
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battle of the
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Sea of
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Japan when the
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Russian fleet was annihilated . For these services he received (1907) the
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title of
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count . In 1906 he was made a member of the
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British
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Order of Merit .

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