ge ft ▁and ▁the ▁hel ms man , ▁sever ely ▁w ounding ▁the ▁captain , ▁and ▁causing ▁the ▁ship ▁to ▁come ▁to ▁a ▁dead ▁stop ▁after ▁executing ▁a ▁sharp ▁turn . ▁Th inking ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁man eu ver ▁planned ▁by ▁Vit ge ft , ▁the ▁Russian ▁line ▁started ▁to ▁execute ▁the ▁same ▁turn , ▁causing ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁ships ▁directly ▁behind ▁Ts es are v ich , ▁including ▁Se v ast opol , ▁to ▁man eu ver ▁wild ly ▁to ▁avoid ▁hitting ▁the ▁station ary ▁flags hip . ▁Prince ▁P avel ▁Uk ht om ski , ▁second ▁in ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁squad ron , ▁who ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁Per es vet , ▁proceeded ▁to ▁signal ▁the ▁other ▁Russian ▁ships ▁via ▁sem aph ore ▁to ▁steam ▁back ▁to ▁Port ▁Arthur , ▁although ▁the ▁signals ▁were ▁only ▁gradually ▁recognized ▁by ▁P ob eda , ▁Pol t ava , ▁ ▁and ▁Se v ast opol . ▁Se v ast opol ▁had ▁one ▁ ▁and ▁two ▁ ▁guns ▁knock ed ▁out ▁during ▁the ▁battle . ▁ ▁Return ing ▁to ▁Port ▁Arthur ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁August , ▁the ▁squad ron ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁already ▁under ▁sie ge ▁by ▁the ▁Japanese ▁Third ▁Army ▁led ▁by ▁Baron ▁N og i ▁Mar es u ke . ▁On ▁ 2 3 ▁August , ▁Se v ast opol ▁bomb arded ▁a ▁Japanese ▁battery ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁escape ▁along ▁with ▁nine ▁smaller ▁ships , ▁but ▁after ▁she ▁neutral ized ▁the ▁battery , ▁she ▁returned ▁to ▁port ▁after ▁a