Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-31
2Ar1EREp CRUISERS REACHING
PORT WITH pErA1Ls OF
~ NAVAL, BATTLE.
LARGE LIST or sstjvREp
aRovo44I roEMoLsaA COAST
aasny Die From Wounds and Are Bur-
I'D a ssa-German Account Of North
Sea FIGHT Admits Severe Reverse
and Loss Of Three Cruissrs-other
News.

london, Aug. 31.-The crews OF de-
strovers which have arrived in port say
that at least eleven German Vesseis u
various sizes were sunk In the engage
,nent off Helgoland. Toward the emo
az the. battle some English pinnacles'
engaged in picking up Germans "ho
were struggling in the water were ioi-
lowed by the German squadron ana
had had TO beat a haSty retreat, leaving
the men to their fate.
British cruisers and destroyers' some
of them showing signs OF the pallle III
which they were engaged eff Helso-
land, have arrived at Har"ich, Cnat-
ham and Sheerness. The British ana
German wounded were aboard. Inc
Germans were picked UP at sea afser
their ships went to the bottom. A
number of men died before the war
ships reached port and were buried at
sea: others died on the way TO the
hospital and their bodies were taken
to the naval mortuary.
Many Head Injuries.
Most OF the wounded are suffering
from head injuries, caused by she'll
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 it could be seen
that some of them bore shell holes.
One destroyer had no less than four
teen such holes. which had been
plugged with cloth.
British sailors who boarded the Ger
nan 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 sail
ors were lying all over the ship.
Germans Roughly ALFRED.
A Iarwich message which has been
heavily censored, describing the land
ing OF the wounded in the Helgoland
fight, says there were plenty of eye
witnesses when the men were landed
shortly before o'clock Saturday
morning. Among the dead was lieu
wounded from the Mainz were roughly
attired. None had a full uniform
Many had suffered frightful wounds.
The Mainz's quartermaster. who is a
sexagenarian. was badly wounded.
Ninety German prisoners from the
Mainz have been landed At Leith. Eight
of them are officers and une is said to
be the son of Admiral Won 1'irpitz, the
German minister of the navy. Sixteen
of the prisoners are suffering from
wounds.
Fearless Led the Fight.
The British light cruiser Fearless
took a prominent part IN the battle
She approached within ten miles of the
Germans and drew out the German
cruisers which attempted TO surround
her At one moment she was engaged
single handed against four of them
One had come within 1000 yards wher
she was struck and burst into flames
After they had found the range the
German craftsmanship vas good TIT
Fearless had her wireless shot ava,
and was hit nineteen times.
Afterwards the Fearless stood by tn
disabled Germans, altho she was II
great danger of being sunk. The ar
rival of other British cruisers speedil,
decided the engagement.
The British casualties so far re
ported are one killed and twent,
wounded.