Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-09-04
BRITISH SINK FIVE
GERMAN WARSH|PS
FIRST IMPORTANT NAVAL BAT,
TIE Or WAR is FOUGHT
IN NORTH SEA.
SAVE $50 OF GERMAN CREWS
Remainder of 200 on German Vessels
Thought to Have Perished--
British Loss Is Twenty
nine Killed.

London, Aug. 31--An official state-
ment issued tonight says that of 1000
men composing the crews of the five
German warships sunk off Helgoland
only $50 were saved. Twenty-Five
killed and thirty-eight wounded was
the price in men paid by the British
for the victory.
Account of Naval Action.
Accounts of the battle say it was
perfect in execution as well as in
plan Led at dawn by fearless small
detachment, the destroyers crept with
in the German lines between Helgo-
land and the German coast.
An aeroplane sighted them and gave
the news to the Germans, whose de-
stroyers then came out. The British
destroyers lured the Germans to the
open sea, where other destroyers were
waiting, spread out in fan shape.
A small engagement followed, and
then German cruisers came out. The
British light cruiser Arethusa, after a
sighting shot, got it's range splendidly
and hit the foremost gun of one of the
German cruisers, demolishing it. The
Arethusa then fired few broadsides
at the enemy. 1t hit German cruiser
,yhi;n at once burst into smoke and
flame, but soon afterwards a German
shot did some damage to the engine
room of the Arethusa.
Fought a Grand Fight.
The British destroyers Liberty and
Laertes fought grand fight. A she'll
brought down the mast of the Liberty.
The Laertes was hit amidships, hole
was shot through it's funnel, its for
ward guns were damaged, and it re-
ceived also shell in the first dynamo
room and a shot aft which wrecked
its cabin
1t was hot work, but at that moment
the British light cruisers and battle
cruisers appeared. 1t was the moment
for which they had been waiting, and
their execution was deadly. The first
shot from one of the British battle
cruisers sank a German cruiser which
had been battering a destroyer
German Fleet Pursued.
The German fleet then turned and
fled in the direction of Cuxhaven, but
was pursued by British destroyers,
which did terrible execution with their
four-inch guns.
French Force Driven Back.
London, Aug. 31.-The advance of
the German right in the direction of
La Fere was admitted in an announce
ment made by the French ministry of
war at Paris Sunday night The an
nouncement said:
'The progress of. the German right
wing has forced our left wing to yield
ground"
The distance which the French
troops have retired is not made
known. Even the place where the en-
gagement took place is not definitely
named
British Hold Right Wing.
The British troops, which form the
right wing of the army of the allies,
are strongly intrenched and are await
ing the coming of the Germans A
statement made public by Earl Kitch-
ener, secretary for war, says the Brit
ish troops are fully prepared for Il
great battle. At present the British
are not being attacked, and they have
done no fighting since the close of the
great four days battle in the Mons dis
trict, in which, Earl Kitchener admits,
the English lost between 5000 and
5000 men. Other messages say
fensive.
A turn in the fortunes of war in
favor of the allies is believed to come
through the concentration of the 81
000, 600 soldiers on Frances second
line of defense and through the sue
cesses of the Russians in east Prussia.
German Troops Drawn Back.
The invasion of his eastern territory
has forced the kaiser to withdraw
nearly all the army left to occupy Bel
GUM. With the consequent weaken
ing of Germans attacking force in
France, the Germans are exposed to
the attack of Frances army, which is
now operating under the protection of
the guns of the strongest fortresses
in the world
The ministry of war in Paris has
announced that it has been decided to
call out the class of 1914. which will
give at least 100000 additional troops,
and also to call out the active re-
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