Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-11
ANXIOUS FOR NAVAL BATTLE
British Public Welcomes News That
German Fleet Has Left Harbor
British Defeat of Chile.

London, Nov. 5.-BattleShips and
battle cruisers. detached from the
British grand fleet. searched the
North sea for a German squadron OF
four battIeships and four cruisers
which slipped from Wilhelmshaven
for a raid on the English coast.
There is intense interest here, with
the hope everywhere enthusiastically
expressed that Admiral Jellicoe's fleet
can locate the German battleships and
cruisers and destroy them.
Fail to Bottle Up Germans.
There is, however a disquieting
side to the reports. 1t appears that
the attempt to bottle up the German
warships in the Kiel canal has not
been altogether success and that
the battleships and cruisers whose
movements are reported from Dun
kirk and elsewhere were able to evade
British scouts and patrols.
Unquestionabiy the German squad
ron which Tired on torpedo guhboat
HaIcyon Tuesday was within ten miles
of the English coast and was maneuv-
eTl0R Oh
Add to Coast Defense.
The attempted raid has had the eff
feet of stiffening the coast defense.
Troops at Yarmouth and other points
along the coast have been stationed
along all roads leading from the shore
to the towns, ready with rifle and ball
cartridges to deal with the remote
contingency of a force of Germans
landing on English soil
The fact that the Germans we're
able to evade powerful British cruis-
ers and actually threaten the coast
has created much excitement and
alarm, but it is supposed that the adj
miraIty is able to deal adequately
with the new danger.
1t is scarcely to be doubted that a
change has come over German naval
policy. The Germans are apparently
determined not to submit to being bot
tied up, and are willing to fight for
control of the, North sea.
1000 British Lost in Sea Fight.
Valparaiso, Chile, Nov. 5.-oficers
of the German cruiser Scharnhorst
expressed the belief that nearly two
thousand British officers and sailors
had beeen killed in the naval engage
ment off Coronel The British cruiser
Monmouth, which was sunk, carried a
complement of SIS officers and men
and the cruiser Good Hope. the flag
ship of Rear Admiral Sir Christopher
Cradock, which is believed to have
gone down Immediately after the bat
tie, carried 900 officers and men. In
addition the British cruiser Glasgow
and the transport Otranto were struck
by shells from the German ships and
damaged.
If. as believed, the fire stricken and
shell riddled cruiser Good Hope went
to the bottom in the gale that was
raging during the battle, il is certain
that Sir Christophe r Cradock, who was
commander Of the British squadron in
Mexican waters lost his life.
Heavy Guns Won Battle.
The destination of the German fleet
is unknown, but It il reported they
will cruise of the South American
coast until the Japanese feet which
is said to be on the way from the
Orient arrives and her strength is
ascertained.
The warships In the feet which de-
feated the English were the Scharn-
horst, Gneisea au, Nurnberg, Leipzig
and Bremen. They won as the re-
suit of two factors: Heavier ordnance
and superior gIInnery. The weather