Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-30
One British Cruiser Hit Nine
teen Times but Comes Into
Port Under Her Own Steam,
Is Report,
ENGAGEMENT BROUGHT
ABOUT UNEXPECTEDLY
Decks of Captured Ship Mass
of Wreckage and Dead and
Dying Sailors Were Every
where.

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London, Aug. 20 tS:20 .. m)--The
crews OF destroyerg which have ar
rived in port say that at least eleven
German yssels of various sizes were
sunk I'm the engagement off heligo-
land. Toward the end Of the battle
some English pinnacles engaged ~
picking up Germans who were strug'
Cling in the water were followed ny
the German squadron and had TO beat
a. hasty retreat, leaving the men u
their fate.
British cruisers and destroyers
some OF them showing signs OF the
battle in which they were engaged of
Heligoland. have arrived at Harwich
Chatham and Sheerness They had
British and German wounded ABOARD
The Germans we're picked up at sea
after their ships went to the bottom
A number OF men died before the war.
ships reached port and were buried al
sea; others died on the way to the
hospital and their bodies were taken
to the naval mortuary.
Mostly Wounded by Shells.
Most of the wounded are suffering
from head injuries caused by shell
fire, but others had arms and legs
shattered. White-clad bearers carried
most of the wounded on stretchers TO
the hospitals. but some OF them were
accommodated on yachts which had
been lent for Red Cross service. No
one was allowed to board the damaged
vessels. but from shore II could be
seen that some of them bore shell
holes. One destroyer had no less
than fourteen such holes, which had
been plugged with cloth.
The Evening News quotes non
commissioned officer, who was In the
thick of the battle and whose de-
stroyer picked up many German
wounded, as follows:
Taken unawares.
I'VE came upon the German ships
unawares. The action was very hot
while Ii lasted and we must have done
a lot Of damage"
British sailors. who boarded the
German cruiser Mainz after she was
put out of action, say the effect OF
the British gun fire was terrible. The
masts were shot away and turrets
were battered in. The decks we're a
mass of wreckage and dead and dying
sailors were lying all over the ship.
A Harwich message which has been
heavily censored, describing the land
ing Of the wounded In the Heligoland
fight, says there were plenty Of eye
witnesses when the batch were land
ed shortly before o'clock this morn
Ing. Among the dead was q lieutenant
The German wounded
from the Mainz were roughly attired,
none had n full uniform. Many had
suffered frightful wounds. The Mainz
quatermaster who IL a sexagenarian,
was badly wounded.
Battle IL Hot One.
Ninety German prisoners from the
Mainz have been landed at Lelth.
Eight of them are officers and one Is
said to be the son of Admiral Won
Tirpitz, the German minister of the
navy Sixteen of the prisoners are suf-
ering from wounds.
The British light cruiser Fearless
took prominent part In the battle.
She approached within ten miles OF
the German coast and drew out the
German cruisers which attempted to
her. At one moment she
was engaged single-handed against
four of them. One had come within
7 900 yards when she was struck and
burst inio flames. After they had
found the range, the German marks
was good
Crusier Hit Nineteen Times.
The Fearless has her wireless shot
away and was hit nineteen times
Afterwards. the Fearless stood by
the disabled German, although she
herself was in great danger of being
sunk. The arrival~of the other Brit
sh cruisers speedily decided the en-
gagement
The British casualties so far report
I'd are one killed and twenty wounded.