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Show GERMANS JURILIli OVERSEA!! GREAT PUBLIC REJOICIr-Q 0Vt NEWS OF GERMAN NAVai TRIUMPH IN NORTH SEA Germans Had Believed It p0Ss for Their Navy to Hold Its o. But Had Not Expected Victory' .Over Superior Force. Berlin. It is doubtful whr.tbr ,. fall of Verdun would have octa ;t, , greater public rejoicing than the tt- of Germany's naval victory j .' ' North sea. I From the emperor down the f .. j is one of the greatest elation.' j"' Germans had believed it possible t " their "young navy" might hoij t own, ship for ship, with Brit'- veterans of the sea, but none thought it possibly could deliver"' crushing defeat to a superior forr-' The first official information o: '. victory was gained from the. to".; ing official statement issued bv ;-. admiralty Friday morning: Dufring an enterprise directed northward our high seas fleet on 31 encountered the main part oA English fighting fleet, which was siderably superior to our forces. During the afternoon, be:;.. Skagerak and Horn Riff, a heaw gagement developed, which wai ; cessful for us and which cohl; -during the whole night. In this engagement, so far as tir up to the present, there were .;. stroyed by us the large taf'.;:: Warspite, the battle cruisers Q.: Mary and Indefatigable, two arc:: cruisers, apparently of the A;:: type, one small cruiser, a nei ::. ship of destroyers, the TurVi:: Nestor and Alcaster, a large i:i of torpedo-boat destroyers, aid -:: submarine. By observation which was free a clear of objects, it was stated::; large number of English bait:--!; suffered damage from our sh:;s ; the attacks of our torpedo bos: ; tilla during the day engageme-; c throughout the night. Among others, the large ba::X- Marlborough was hit by a tt:;-. This was confirmed by prisoce'i Several of our ships rescued :;: of the crews of the sunken E:: ships, among them being two a:::, only survivors of the Indefat:-.'r On our side the small cruiser V baden, by hostile gunfire dun:? :. day engagement, and his n::." ' ship Pommern during the n::'::. -the result of a torpedo, were s.:; The fate of his majesty's ;: Frauenlob, which is missing. some torpedo boats, which inn ' , returned yet, is unknown. ( The high sea flet returned T':.:-into T':.:-into our port. |
