The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-03
GERMAN WARsHIP
: REPORTED TAKEN
AFTER BATTLE.
1870 of Crew Said to Have Been
Killed.
BIG NAVAL BATTLE is ON
Steamer Tells OF Firing That Lasted
an Hour OF South Holland
British Pursue Teuton
Fleet.

Vancouver. B. c., Aug. 31.-A rumor
of the capture of the German cruiser
Leipzig by the British cruiser Rainbow
has been in circulation here and other
British Columbia coast cities all day
The Vancouver World, in an extra edi-
ton, said that 100 OF the Leipzig's crew
had been killed and that the vessel is
being brought to Victoria. 1t is report
ed that the French cruiser Montcalm
assisted the Rainbow In the capture.
=. Another Naval Battle On.
London, Aug. 31.-Evidence that an
other naval battle is In progress was
shown in a dispatch received by Reu-
ter from Amsterdam stating that word
from Maassluis, a fishing town of Meth
erlands, South Holland, says that
heavy firing was audible from a west
and northwest direction.
Maassluis is almost due east from
Ipswich. England, and less than one
hundred and fifty miles across the
North sea from the English channel.
Fighting there is taken to indicate that
the German fleet has been cut from the
Notifications at Helfgoland and taken
a southerly course.
This report is also confirmed by one
from the steamer Import, which states
that it heard strong gun firing in the
same direction for an hour. The Inn
port was chased by a big battleship
with four tunnels, but which did not
unfurl its flag.
Warships Sighted by Aviator.
Further details OF the naval battle
off Heligoland, which we're received,
show that the work of the British war
ships engaged was even more brilliant
than first reports Indicated Led by
H. NJ. s. Fearless. small detachment
Of torpedo boat destroyers crept with
IT. the German lines at dawn between
Heligoland island and the German
coast.
An earOplane sighted them and gave
the news to the enemy. The German
vessels came out and the British de-
stroyers lured them into the open sea.
where the other destrOyeTs were wait
Ing spread out in fan fashion.
There was a small engagement then
and the German cruisers came out, fol-
lowing their destroyers.
Fl, NJ. S. Arethusa got the range
splendidly, hitting the foremost gun OF
one of the German cruisers and de-
molishing it, The Arethusa then fred
a few brOadsides and hit q German
cruiser which at once broke into
smoke and flames.
Soon after a German shot did some
damage to the engine room of the Are
thusa.
Cruisers Save Laertes.
The Liberty and the Laertes fought
a grand fight. A shell brought down
the mast of the Liberty and killed her
Sir Nigel Bartellot The
Laertes' midship funnel was hoIed, her
forward gun damaged, a shell fell into
her dynamo room and a shot aft
wrecked the cabin.
At that moment the British light
cruiser and battle cruiser squadrons
The execution was deadly.
The first shot from one of the British
sunk the German cruiser
which had been battering the de-
stroyer.
Then the German feet turned and
fed in the direction Of Cuxhaven, pur-
sued by the British.
The British destrOyers did terrible
with their four-inch guns.
Thirty-elght dead men, mostly Ger.
mans. have been landed
Many German prisoners wounded by
revolver bullets declared they had
been shot at by German officers who
sought TO prevent the men surrender
ing 70 the British boats which bad
put off TO save their opponents. "
British Loss slxty.seven.
Twenty-Five British officers and men
were killed and 80 wounded in the
naval battle with the Germans of
Heligoland blight early Friday morn
Ing, according to an official announce.
ment issued. The casualties include
two officers killed and two wounded.
Commander Rose OF the battleship
Laurel was seriously wounded.
Although the official statement
stated that two German cruisers and |
two torpedo boat destroyers were sunk
and another cruiser set on IRE, sailors |
who took part In the conflict state that
IL German warhips OF various types
were sunk during the fight.
Vice-Admiral Boue De Layryrer, ad- |
OF the French feet, has as.
srmed command OF the combined Eng. |
lish-French Mediterranean feet, ac-
cording to an Official announcement
In consequence OF this fact, Admiral
Sir A. Berkeley Milne, who was senior |
10 the French admiralty, has given up
his command and returned home.
The conduct and disposition of Ad. |
miral' Milne regarding the German
cruisers Goeben and Breslaa were the |