The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-09-03
FOUR GERMAN >..~
WARSH|PS SUNK
IN NORTH SEA
FLEET COMMANDED BY LORD
BEATTY WINS BATTLE.
AUNTRIAN DESTROYER is SUNK
English Vessel Puts Foe Out Of Com
mission In Ten ,Minutes--Cruiser
Mainz One Of Battle
ships Lost.

London, Aug 29.-England is cele-
brating victory. The first real naval
battle of the war has been fought.
Five German warships. three of them
cruisers, and two torpedo boat de-
stroyers, were engaged in the North
sea about fifty miles north of Cux-
haven, which is at the mouth of the
Elbe. ......,..... ...
The admiralty announced that the
British feet engaged in the battle was
that in command of Rear Admiral Sir
David Beatty, son-in-law of the late
Marshall Field of Chicago.
The admiral describes the British
feet as "a strong force of deetroyers
supported, by light cruisers" Among
the German warships sunk was the
cruiser Mainz. The other sunken
cruiser was OF the Koeln class. r:
r. The British losses comprised the
lives of a small number of men and
damages to the fiotilla cruiser Anne
thyst and the destroyer Laertes.
The British feet met the German
warships and Immediately opened fire.
How long the battle lasted has not
been made known. But when it was
over two of the German cruisers had
been sunk and the third cruiser, .hav-
ing caught fire, fed in a sinking con-
dition.
War Office Admits Loss Of Lives.
That the battle was fiercely fought,
that the German feet offered stub
born resistance so long as its ships
were manageable, is indicated by the
admission of the war Office here that
the British feet suffered damage to
one cruiser and to one destroyer, and
that some lives were lost on the British
ships.
The scene OF the combat was not far
from the fortified Island of Heligoland,
which formerly was a British naval
base, but which within comparatively
recent years has been sold to Ger
many. ..,. ,..
When the news Of England's victory
was published in extra editions OF the
evening papers there were scenes Of
enthusiasm in the streets everywhere
For days London had been gloom-rid-
den because OF the reports of reverses
in Belgium and along the French from
tier.
Austrian Destroyer Sunk.
The glad tidings from the sea, there
fore, proved to be just the medicine
needed to restore the spirit of the pub
lie
The naval victory, coupled with the
reported success OF the Russians in
crossing the Vistula, has copsoled Lon
don, aud 1t is the general feeling that
the allies are giving Germany as
much punishment as she has given
them"
A Central News dispatch from Brln-
dis, Italy, says that British destroyer
sank an Austrian destroyer of Corfu
after ten.minute engagement.
Dispatches from Rome say that the
Ango French squadron continues to
lombard Cattaro, supported by q, Mon
tenegrin battery on Mount Lovetchen.
All London JubiIant.
London, Aug. 29.-London is ring
ing with the news of the victory from
one end to the other. In every hotel
and club the news is posted and
crowds are cheering themselves
hoarse. At every theatre and mus.
ic hall the patrons read the news
from bulletins flashed on the stages.
So, too, in all the small moving pic
ture houses the news was displayed
over and over again.
Put it on again mate" Lets have
1t over again" Give US some more,",
and dozen similar commands were
shouted over and over again while
full stringed .orchestras in the big
houses and rattletrap pianos in the
small picture houses struck into God
Save the King" and Britannia Rules
the Waves" The audiences sang them
over and over again.
Rumor Of Another Naval Battle
London, Aug. ~ While details
are withheld it is thought here that
another; cruiser engagement in the
North Sea is impending. The navy
department says the German ships
sunk yesterday were the cruiser
MainZ and another of the Koeln
class. The third left sinking was un
identified. There is much excitement
in L4pdon, over the first naval en-
gagement. 49,. .r...