Show CRUISER LION liMPS INTO PORT AfTER GERMAN FIGHT Flagship of Sir David Beatty Beatty Beatty Beat Beat- ty Suffers Greatest Damage Damage Damage Dam Dam- age in Fleet LONDON Jan 27 Most 7 Most of or tho warships warships war war- ships t engaged e 1 In tn Sundays Sunday's naval al baUlo battlo inthe In the tho North orth Kea nea returned home and during Monday night flight It t wu was a announced announced an nn- hero today The Tho Lion the flagship flag ship of Sir Da hl fd n Beatty was tho last Jut of or the battle cruisers to arrive c. She returned Tue Tuesday a morning with the torpedo tor tor- redo boat boit destroyer Meteor or Both were disabled and anti had to be towel towed Into port while or orp officer and thirteen men were erG Killed and three officers and twenty six men mM wounded on th three o or of the ships the skips the Lion Tl cr r and Meteor The Lion arrived at 11 and was greeted with cheers l by y the rows crows of or the anchored warships It was as wasa asa a spontaneous tribute of ot affection to Vice Ice Admiral J Beatty and hM his flagship TheArs Tho The Ars thusa md and the Laurel among amon the tho lI light ht cruisers some of ot tho the destroyers 1 ers and the battle battlo crul cruisers sore Princess Royal Indomitable already at able and andew ew ew Zealand were their moorings German Reports Denied j n n admiralty statement Issued I last Int night denial to tho German reports that one British e cruiser s and urd two torp torpedo s O Buan boat destroyers were sunk by b 5 declaring that tha t all t tho British ships engaged cd 1 in the he action have returned to port In safety The Tho statement follows All 11 the British ships and torpedo boat bot destroyers ors en engaged In Sundays Sunday's action have o returned returned in safety to port The Lion which had some of ot her hr forward forward for for- ward compartments flooded b by inh shells h blow below below be b- be- be low the tho water line was taken n In tow r bythe bytho by bytho tho the crul cruiser er Indomitable tits The destroyer Meteor which also was dl disabled was taken t. In tow by the destroyer Liberty Both Bothe e vessels were guarded by strong escorts of or destroyers Repairs to both bothe e can be bo speedily made Report Upon Casualties The Tho total number of or casualties among the officers and men mM reported to tho the admiralty ad admiralty Rd- Rd is III On tho the Lion Ilon 17 men wounded wound ed ro on the Tiger 1 officer er and a men killed and ami 3 officers and S 8 men wouna wounded d killed and 1 man on the Meteor 4 9 men mon wounded It Il It Is not believed that th rry other CAsualties casualties cas CAs- occurred but lt It If so they will be he immediately published As As soon foon as DS Vice Admiral Beatty Datts a r re report report re- re port If fa received a R fuller account will wilt be given ii von The The Lion and her sister ship the Princess Princess Prin Prin- cess cu Royal were ere the thc largest in n th the tho British Brit Brit- lab ish squadron In leading tho the line lint the the tho J Lion lon came In closer r contact conta contact ct witt with tho e Germans and did most o of ot tho a fighting sink She was WitS largely large responsible for the sinking sink ing of or the tho German Gorman armored d cruiser Bluecher The Tho Meteor IB in one of or tho the Ja largest cst and t fastest torpedo boat destroyers afloat Sho She Is ono one of ot thirteen of or her class built under tho the na naval al estimates of or 1913 1912 A dozen similar boats were authorized In Inthe Inthe inthe the estimates of ot 1914 |