Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1914, 1914-08-29

London. Aug. s2s.-The Chronicle
says: A glorious.victory has fallen to
the British nest q WithF ali the -cour-
age and fearleAsis isht erprise that distin-
guished oMr oldsspf GERS who many
times went tstnf0 IA h fefa,stsWs of .sthe
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The Gerrian ight CRUISERS, Mainz
and another Sof the Kolifyrass. and a
third whose name Is 5nnknSwn, have
been destroyed as well as two destroy
ers. The tale is proba bly, not complete.
Evidently a concerted attack was
planned just as our old seamen would
have, planned it. to begin in the dark
and reach its decisive point at dawn.
Light Cruisers and Destroyers En-
gagged.
The attacking force was the or
ganic first battle cruiser squadron.
The light cruiser sauadrons and de-
stroyers and submarine hotillas were
engaged. To ovice Admiral Beatty, the
youngest flag officer afloat. command
Ing the first battle cruiser squadron,
comprising the Lion (flagship), Queen
Mary, Princess ROYAL and New Zea-
land, fell the opportunity and honor
which will make him and his officers
the envy Of the whole fleet.
The conduct Of operation under
the direction of Sir John Jellicoe.
commander-in-ch chief. Sir David Beatty
is one of the most brilliant of our
officers and with him were Rear Ad-
miral Moore and Rear Admiral A: H.
Christian: also Commodore r. J. B.
Keyes, Commodore Reginald c. Tyr
writ. Commodore William E. Good
enough. Comrlete as was the victory.
we have suffered little. All our ships
and vessels are float and in good or
der. We must officially note the high
efficiency of our gunners. Not a Ger
ers wildly fled to shelter having had
two of their number sunk
Importance of Daring Raid.
The Importance Of this daring raid
is the fact that the British fleet passed
behind Germany's heavily armed out
post on Heligoland island and engaged
the German mosquito fleet guarding
the mouth of the Elbe and the en-
trance to the Kiel canal.
The speedy protected cruiser Mainz
was one Of four of her class. Her
In her armament she carried twelve
four-inch guns.
Rear Admiral Sir David Beatty COM
manded the British forces and with a
strong array Of torpedo boat destroy
ers. battle cruisers and light sub
marines. attacked the Germans in
Heligoland Blight early this morning.
The protected cruiser Mainz was sent
to the bottom in an engagement with
the light cruiser squadron while the
battle squadrons sank another cruiser
Of the Koln class. In the general
fighting two of the German destroy
ers were riddled and sank. while many
others were badly damaged. One
cruiser, battle SCARED and on fire,
drifted away in the mist and was lost
sight Of.
British Suffered No Serious Loss.
:, The British cruiser squadron, ac-
cording to the semi official report Of
the battle, although attacked by SUBJ
ing mines and the guns from the Ger
man warships. suffered no serious
losses. The cruiser Amethyst and the
torpedo destroyer Laertes both were
damaged, but all the ships in the
British fleet were afioat to the end
Of the engagement. The British loss
OF life was not great.
A wireless dispatch received last
night from one of the cruisers said she
was making for port with the men
wounded in the engagement.
Only the strategists expected the
British squadron on guard to take the
offensive! The amateurs long ago az.
clded that the squadron would simply
wait. content to keen the Germans
bottled up and prepared to attack
them when they attempted sortie.
But apparently the British got word
that the time was favorable and de-
livara6 q hlorut the 1fDhf c,,,s.D.. ss.S
battle cruisers supporting the Destroy
ers. which were attended by sub-
marines. And every vessel that went
into this engaxement came out under
Its own steam. &
London, is ringing With the news
from end end to the othAr. In every
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