Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-08-07 | Page 2 | Fleet Fight and other Battles on the North Sea

FLEET FIGHT AND ' OTHER BATTLES ON THE NORTH SEA (Spe a Cab e by Arrangemen h London Dally Te eg aph and In e natlona News Se da LONDON Aug 7 1 42 a n The B t lsh f eet has engaged t i Ce nan fleet on the h gh seas The B tish varshlps are reported to be drl ing the Germans to ward the Dutch coast The Frees associat on of London says it has been advised by the adm a ty of the f ght between t e fleets The adm ral y howe er refuses to conf rm or deny hat a batt 9 is in p og ess Incom rig f sh ng boats brought the f rst cohes ve stor es of f ght ng o Lowe stoft The f she men ba d they had seen II a 11 e y batt e between two destroye s B Af ep that tee was a success on of K repo ts f om east coast towns that orders had been issued for the prepa ation of hospi a s sh p owner at V h tb has announced that he has been informed that a g eat batt e has been fought and n neteen Ger man wa lips ha e been sunk The peo pe of Hu 1 Gr msbj and Harwich ae conv need of the truth of th s repor ed batt e and ha e been st a ning the r eyes seaward b t have been ab e to see no ng The e is g eat exc tement a ong the ea t coast Kirkwa repor s e of pro onged f Ing to the easwa d The Or neys and X ca dy n ake imi ar repor s and say that the f ring appeared o be off he F rt of Fo th Off c a confi mat on of these reports howe er s ent ey lack ng Orders ba e been rece ved In Ha w ch to be ready to care for wounded sa o s A traw er repo ts av ng seen Br tish wa s ps chas g and f ng on German torpedo boa s off t e S ffo k coast Be ports are con nually be ng ece ed f om arlous pons on the nor heas em coasts of Eng and and Scotland te ng of the sound of the fi ng of heavy guns Some wounded both Eng sh and Germans have been brought asho e at Ha w ch It s assumed that the fleets are near ng each o e a d that scout sh ps or e uise s ha e I ad oc as o al b ushes The e a e o he eports hat the Gem an si ps a e on entrated at K e and that B lsh fleet has them bott ed up 0 e 1 he Chronic e s correspondent at Ha w owevr as not f ed h s paper hat I be ed the e that an act on s now I i- og ess n e Nort sea and hat e des ro or rago as ece ved o de s oe ead o rece e 00 ou ded a d ne s vho arie be ng brought to t at rt bj a torpedo boat 1 e hi d torpedo boat flot la whlc et ou es a dav was engaged soon af er J a e rned a n ght but 1 tt e dam ged De a s of he f ght ng ha e not re e ved he e Twen t o Ce nan and sx Eng sh o e Tvounded n these sc n magea between e s na e ah ps of the two na es a e been h asho e a the na a sta on at Shotley