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Show HEROISM OF A WARSHIPS CREW j Berlin. la Copenhagen to London. Aug. 31; a: 14 p. m. An eyewitness or ! the loss of the German cruiser Ariadne Ari-adne and the German torpedo-boat destroyer de-stroyer V 157 in the fighting between I British and German warships off Helgoland Hel-goland Friday, relates the following i .stor of the Fight: "The destroyer was surprised in a fog by a larpc number of British de 1 8troyer8 nnd submarines. When tho ! speed of the German destroyed be-, be-, came affected by the English shells I it turned and confronted the enemy j w'ith the Intention of fighting to the I end Her engines, however, soon I completely failed her. and she was ' blown up to prevent capture Her ! crew continued firing until the boat disappeared beneath the waters." The narrator acknowledges the efforts ef-forts of the British seamen to save the German sailors, saying that dls-plte dls-plte the danger Involved they launched launch-ed their boats for this purpose. "While this was In progress, ' he continues. "German ships approached the Hritlsh forceB and their boats and the German ships picked up survivors, "The cruiser Ariadne arrived and followed the enemy, which retired westward and found another German ship fighting two British battle crui-I crui-I ieia of tho Lion class which were greatly superior to the German. ' The Arlndne attacked gamely, but B shell struck her boilers, putting half of them out of commission Despite i his the fight continued. The quarterdeck quarter-deck of the Ariadne took fire, but those of her guns that were still capable cap-able ot being worked continued to fire. The enemy turned westward. "The forecastle of the Ariadne was soon ablaze. Her maeazlne was flooded, flood-ed, but the gallant vessel was doomed Hei crew was mustered ajid gave three cheerg for the emperor and sang the hymn, 'Germany Above All. ' "The sinking of the ship probably uor due to the explosion of her mag azlne The enemy vanished and two German Ger-man ships came up and rescued the survivors, among whom were a groat number of wounded. Three officers and some seventy-men seventy-men were killed. |