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Show I Conflicting Reports as to What Occurred in Helgoland Helgo-land Engagement. LONDON. Nov. 19. Gorman light cruisers, which fled through Hegloland bight yesterday before British warships war-ships of similar type, were pursued to within thirty miles of Hegloland, where they came under- the mine protection pro-tection of the Gorman battle fleet and mine fields, the admiralty announced today. m One of the German light cruisers y was observed to bo in flames and the nacninery oi anuiui-i utcuicu i maged. Ono German mine sweeper "sunk. q British light forces returned Yit losses, with but little damage " ships and slight casualties he personnel. v XORK, Nov. 18 Strong Brit-is Brit-is '. forces, for tho first timo sli y in tho war, attempted to brea. ) tho German bight (Hegloland) (Heglo-land) 'Saturday morning, says a Berlin tatch today, quoting an official offi-cial stment dated Saturday. The British wero located by the German guardshlps on the Horn reef-Terschelling reef-Terschelling line (about sixty miles out from Hegloland island) by the advance ad-vance German naval forces, but by a speedy counter-thrust easily repulsed them, it is declared, without losses on tlie German side. |