About this time Kamimura's two elderly protected cruisers, and , were approaching from the south. Their arrival allowed Kamimura to pursue Jessen with all of his armored cruisers while the two new arrivals dealt with "Rurik". They fought a running battle with the Russians for the next hour and a half; scoring enough hits on them to force their speed down to . "Azuma"s engines again broke down during this chase and "Tokiwa" assumed her place in the line. The Japanese closed to a minimum of about , but Kamimura then opened the range up to .