The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-13
NAVAL ATTLE Is FOUGHT
Off NEW ENGLAND COAST
British Cruiser Suffolk Claims to
Have Won Victory Over Ger
man Warsiiip.
FIRING is PLAISL HEARD
Summer ColUnists at Isle Of Shoals
Say They Saw Vessels In Ac-
tion and Saw Smoke From Big
Guns.
is PLAINLY HEARD
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Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.1
BOSTON. MASS, August IA wire.
less dispatch picked up at radio sta
tions along the New England coast
late this afternoon stated that the
British cruiser Suffolk had defeated
German warship In terrific en-
couutcr ten miles off Portsmouth, "
II. harbor to-day.
The Suffolk. which wirelesscd the
fash through the air. claimed TO have
Won victory over the German ship
The later craft was said 10 be in a
sinking condition
Summer residents at the Isle OF
shoals of the New Iiampshir. coast.
over the long distance telephone. said
they had plainly seen the two war
ships in action: had seen the smoke
from their guns and had heard their
roar.
The name given the German craft
IN the wireless Was "Uruba bago."
No such name is given in the reg
istry of the German navy. This Was
explained by naval experts AS prob
ably being tho code nam. Of the Ger
man ship
BATTLE CONTINUES
ENTIRE AFTI;RNOON
The battle began AT 40. according
10 summer coionists along tine coast.
II continued through the entire after
noon. and the firing was still going on
after the SUFFOLK had set forth its
claim TO the laurels OF victory just
before twilight.
The booming OF the guns was heard
as far south as Salisbury and !iamp-
ton and rye Beaches. and nothward
along the Maine coast as far as York
Beach.
|. was believed the Sunolk--if its
story OF the defeat Of the German
u~.r IN no yrna--yrnilb ri sink
the latter or else take her In tow. II
was thought possible its temporary dcs-
tinntion might be Portsmouth.
Thousands OF summer colonists
heard the frinE. At the Isle OF Shoals.
several hundred gathered upon the
shores to witness the spectacular sight
OF the bclchinE forth OF projectilcs
and the smoke that went out Of the
guns II was not long before the news
uttered through 10 Portsmouth and
nearby cities. and great excitement
followed
The suffolk is believed TO have been
the British cruiser sighted off Cape
Anne early today b. the Governor
pingley, Of the Eastern steamship
Company ncet
when the Dinrley put into Portland
today she told OF having seen the
cruiser, and Or having also seen
German merchantmen off Boone Island
some time aftcrward.
BELIENE CRUISER WAS
CHASING GERMAN LINER
The Dinglcy officers declared the be-
lief that the cruiser must have been
chasing the liner, and that the latter
seemed TO be making strenuous en-
deavors to get within the three-iniie
limit TO be safe from capture. The
Dingley passed close to both ships,
IL was thought possible that the
cruiser in pursuing the German mer-
chantman had run into the German
warship.
mored cruiser. with displacement OF
sixty six feet beam. with mean draught
Of twenty four feet six inches. She is
capable OF twenty-five knots an hour.
She has two screws. two turrets. three
tunnels and two masts. Her engines
are four-cylinder, triple expansion
Her armor is Of steel. with maximum
thickness of four inches and a mini
mum OF two inches She has protect
ed deck abaft the bulkheads. The Suf-
folk carries four siX-inch guns set up
in pairs on special double mountiugS in
the turrets, ten siX-incl guns in
easements on the broadsideS and other
guns OF smaller calibre. She has two
submerged tubes and six searchlights
Several stations picked up the news
OF the big fight and the Suffolk's claim
of victory.
Soon score more of operators
listened in" In the hope of picking
up further messages giving details of
the battfe.