| Show TWENTY NINE 6 HI PS NORTH SE GERMANS ARE VICTORS IN GREATEST NAVAL BATTLE PF OF WORLDS HISTORY Teu tons high sea fleet engages part of En glands fleet in north sea in furious battle which cost many lives london Londo in one of the worlds greatest sea fights the grman german battle fleet was victorious over the english battle cruiser squadron aquadro coun ter took place I 1 in n the north sea wed titter afternoon no on in a later engage ment with the main part of the british fleet the mighty draa fleet the germans made for their home ports i the latest reports from the bril ish fleet from neutral vessels which witnessed parts ot of the great naval b battle attlein in the north rea pea and from sur our vi alvors v era cause the british public to be have the engagement was not so near a defeat as at first reported the british losses with all the craft engaged accounted for were three battle cruisers cruls ersy three cruisers and eight destroyers the german ro an losses are bel believed levea tc have been about the same same number ol 01 0 ships although of a much less aggregate 0 of tonnage if th the e revised british reports are accepted the moses fosses in ships we were re approximately as aa follows british three battle cruls cruisers gs queen mary indefatigable and invincible three armored cruisers defence black prince and warrior about a dozen de destroyers ers und ind one submarine german two battleships West talen falen and pommern Pom mern two battle cruisers unnamed four light cruisers including tle the wiesbaden Wies baden elbing and frauen lob six destroyers and a submarine the british admiralty in addition has admitted that the battleship marlborough was by a torpedo but declares she was towed safely to port it denies the german claim that the dread dreadnought naught War spite was sunk although con conceding bedink that she was damaged by gun fire british naval experts maintain that great britain continues to hold the tha supreme command of the sea by ti a sate safe margin and that her enormous navy could better afford the losses it suffered than could the smaller ger naan man establishment the first reports ol of the heavy loss of life unhappily have haie not been revised great britain mourns mourns for more than of her best seamen and the whole nation is oppressed with sadness which is re fleeten fleeted in the faces of all the people of london there were some men on the ships which sank and only a few hundred have been saved the horrors of modern naval warfare far exceed ing those when wooden ships fought and continued to float even when they ceased to be fighting units were realized to their utmost from five of the largest ships which went under with a complement of more than men only seven junior officers and a few seamen were rescued the two squadrons steaming at full speed came within range ot of each other somewhere between the gerak k and horn riff both fleets immediately brought their big guns into action and ft a long range battle of extreme violence ensued it asbe Is believed that most ot of the heavy ships ost lost were sunk or or fatally disabled during this daylight battle at least two zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins appeared over the battle area during the late afternoon and are reported to have taken an important part in the action whether they sank any of the british ships is pot known darkness Dir kness found the fleets still maneuvering eu and firing night brought a lull in the long range duel and shifted the brunt of the battle to the smaller Tes vessels sels the german cruiser Frauen lob was desi destroyed royed by a tor for icedo probably fired under the cover of darkness though no mention is id made of the proximity of thu tho great british high beas fleet it is con conjectured that another tattle battle squadron raced to the scene of the combat at the first report of fighting the arrival of this force Js is believed to have caused the germans German sto to dash back to their base what part submarines took in the action to is not known further than the he british admiralty report that a german submarine Is believed to have been rammed and sunk the british makes no mention of probable loss of life the Ger german manof official report mentions two men rescued from the indefatigable and ine picking up 0 of f members of the marl boroughs crew A thousand men probably have been lost the loss as a result of the sinking of the vessels will vill total at least |
