Show ini bi na riat riv E GEHMAN WARSHIPS FIRST IMPORTANT TANT NAVAL OF WAR RESULTS N VICTORY FOR englishmen two cruller cruisers and two torpedo boat destroyer destroyers sent to bottom while one cruiser flees afire and in sinking condition london awo german cruisers and two german germar torpedo boat destroyers were buak by the british fleet on au gust 28 A abird cruiser was set afire and left i this the first sea battle of the world war occurred off helgeland Hel goland 1 no 10 arit sh ships were ere lost in the battle n and nd the british lose loss of life waa wa sot nt heavy in to the two torpedo boa destroyers ana three crul cruisers sers many of the german torpedo boat destroyers destro yera were ere dh damaged maged twenty twentynine nine killed and thirty eight wounded as the tha price Is in men paid by the british for the naval acton an official statement issued sum sunt day night says that of 1200 men composing the crews crevis of the are german warships ar ships sunk off Helio Hello goland only were ere saved the attack on the german fleet off helgeland Hel goland way initiated toy by british destroyers according to accounts sian by the tb c bowis of the vessels which participated the destroyers got fairly close clops to the german chips ships before thy were discovered then a cannonade from the german ships and forts was opened on them and they gradually drew the german rs to toward ard the sea for a timp time the germans were in a position which aich gave them the ad advantage w rant british destroyers having to bear the brunt of the battle during one of c the hottest phases of 0 the fight light two british destroyers got in tet between tween two LAO german cruisers which eared to fire upon the 11 lest they hit each other while fos for british destroyers engaged a third german cruiser and put her out of action finally the british battle crushers and light cruisers arrived on the scene and quickly pit pat an end to the fight the liberty one of the british destroyers et st vach took part in the battle off helgeland Hel goland wan aa hit bit by a shell which shuttered shattered her hor mast and tore away part of her bildne first of all and inen smashed her searchlights and tilled allied her commander lieutenant om commander mander Bart ellot and william butcher his signal man mau accounts of ot the battle say P was perfect in eaf cation as well ell as in plan led lied at jawn dawn by a fearless fe feat atless less email small detachment the destroyers crept within tb tuu germun u lines between helgeland Hel goland and the tho german coast the bight of helgeland Hel goland is inside the formidable le defenses of wand Is larid which was mas ceded to germany sn n 1890 the estuary of the river elbe into which aich the kiel canal flows opens nut into this bay helgeland Hel goland itself Is the base for torpedo craft but it is apparent from the off official lelal report that the fighting took place L knuch nearer the germ german n ma mainland irland than as helgeland Hel liel goland this is more remarkable because Hel Is the center a on a of fortified blands 11 that are supposed to te make the waters isolde the uie chain impregnable to attack by uch a large force as sir david atty took with 4 ith him |