Editing Russian cruiser Aurora (section)

==Russo-Japanese War==
Soon after completion, on 10 October 1903,  ''Aurora'' departed [[Kronstadt]] as part of Admiral Virenius's "reinforcing squadron"  for [[Port Arthur, China|Port Arthur]].<ref>Corbett (2015) Vol. 1, p. 51</ref> 
While in the [[Red Sea]], still en route to Port Arthur, the squadron was recalled back to the [[Baltic Sea]], under protest by [[Stepan Makarov|Admiral Makarov]], who specifically requested Admiral Virenius to continue his mission to Port Arthur.  Only the seven destroyers of the reinforcing squadron were allowed to continue to the [[Far East]].<ref>Corbett (2015) Vol. 1, p. 146, 147</ref>

After her detachment from the reinforcing squadron and her arrival back to home port she underwent new refitting.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kowner |first=Rotem |author-link=Rotem Kowner |year=2006 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-4927-5 |page=52}}</ref> After refitting, ''Aurora'' was ordered back to Port Arthur as part of the Russian Baltic Fleet<ref>Corbett (2015) Vol. 2, Chapters I, VI, X, XI, XIII, XIV</ref><ref>British Naval Attache Reports (2003) p. 354 the new redesignation to the 2nd Pacific Squadron was rarely used, in both Corbett texts and official British Naval Attache Reports, the term ''Baltic Fleet'' is mostly consistent.</ref>  ''Aurora'' sailed as part of [[Admiral]] [[Oskar Enkvist]]'s [[Cruiser Squadron]] whose [[flagship]] would be the protected cruiser ''[[Russian cruiser Oleg|Oleg]]'', an element of Admiral [[Zinovy Rozhestvensky]]'s ''Baltic Fleet.''<ref>Corbett (2015) Vol. 2, p. 194, 215, 273</ref> On the way to the Far East, ''Aurora'' received five hits, sustaining light damage from confused friendly fire, which killed the ship's chaplain and a sailor, in the [[Dogger Bank incident]].<ref>Corbett (2015) Vol. 2, p. 35</ref>

During the [[Battle of Tsushima]] the Aurora was only lightly damaged but the ship's captain [[Evgeny Egoriev]] was killed. At nightfall the ''Aurora'' along with the ''Oleg''  were attacked by torpedo boats and at 22:00 they gave up trying to proceed north and headed southwest.<ref name=Pleshakov289>{{cite book |last=Pleshakov |first=Constantine |title=The Tsar's Last Armada |publisher=Perseus Press |date=2002 |isbn=1-903985-31-5 |pages=289-291}}</ref> Once dawn arrived it was found that [[Russian cruiser Zhemchug|Zhemchug]] had retreated with the other two ships.<ref name=Pleshakov292 /> Enkvist decided transfer his command to the Aurora then take his ships to [[Manila]] and American internment.<ref name=Pleshakov292>{{cite book |last=Pleshakov |first=Constantine |title=The Tsar's Last Armada |publisher=Perseus Press |date=2002 |isbn=1-903985-31-5 |pages=292-293}}</ref> On the way to Manila the ship's doctor managed to set up the ship's X-ray equipment and performed the first post battle X-rays in Russian naval history.<ref name=Pleshakov296>{{cite book |last=Pleshakov |first=Constantine |title=The Tsar's Last Armada |publisher=Perseus Press |date=2002 |isbn=1-903985-31-5 |page=296}}</ref> Evgeny Egoriev was buried at sea June 3 1905.<ref name=Pleshakov297>{{cite book |last=Pleshakov |first=Constantine |title=The Tsar's Last Armada |publisher=Perseus Press |date=2002 |isbn=1-903985-31-5 |page=297}}</ref>