Show DEBRIS COVERS SU SEA WHEN BLUECHER MEETS DOOM Bri British tish Fire Sweeps Decks and Wipes Out German Gun Crews nAR CH Jan 27 The The naval ba battle Ue on Sunday Sundae In tn the North sea Bea and the Ink Ink- InkIn In of ot the German armored cruiser cruise Bluecher Is described by witnesses as 08 a terrible sl sight hl Tho The sea ea was er co covered d with debris and m men n struggling for lor their lives U When tho the British launched a boat to torB flew new rB rescue U the a R. monoplane overhead d and dropped d bombs which though they did not fall faU nearer than yards arda prevented man many of the drowning m men n from being taken out of or tho the water Throughout the progress process of the action the Ule British h 18 wore were ire constantly attacked at attacked attAcked at- at tacked by br German r submarines but British torpedo boat destroyers s kept circling C around round and successfully warded w-ardc off this danger dangar A German run Ivor a admits that th the objective obJective objective ob ob- of or th the G German squadron squadron was a aport aport port ort on th the cat cast c coat coast of ot England LO LONDON DO Jan 27 A i.-A A German n blueJacket blue blue- Jacket a a. survivor of the thEt armored cruiser r Bluecher Ju h r. r who ho once onca lived JIved in the United States State said uld tho the German O fleet Cleet was advancing advancing ad ad- ad at full Cull epe 1 to Attack the English coast when the th British warships were ere 81 d. d Thereupon the Germans GerlT turned and made mad for Cor port The rho Bluecher which t was comparatively flow Jow made rate desperate efforts to keep up hor her maximum speed pe d but hut the tho British overhauled her and ana opened fire at a ran range ranee ranor of or about ten miles Ve We were werf under fire from first to last JaEt the bluejacket continues Tho British cen centered their tiro Clra upon pon us Their o o was awful Our guns were ere put out of or action action ac ac- ac- ac tion lion our oW decks were swept sWE-pt and our run trun n crews wiped out Ono One t terrible shell burs hurs in Tn the heart of ot the tho ship where here mAn puny many men were ere killed I aw saw w five o killed by one ono shellI shell I do not know what finished the tho Bluecher as at she he was full of ot holes but I she ehe struck a n torpedo It If eo so we can thank the torpedo for tor saving raving hundreds iI of or lives from the murderous gunfire When hen the ship was I Jumped clear oft her Into the t terribly cold water which was WIlS full of ot dead and nn m men n with shattered limbs who ho w were r crying for tor assistance After beIng rescued by the tho British wo we warmed armed fed rell and clothed |