South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-08-29
NEWS OF NAVAL
VICTORY RAISES
BRITISH HOPES

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son; six miles from the nearest
point on the Franco frontier; SO
miles southeast of Mons and So miles
south of Brussels
The announcement of the British
victory on the high seas indicates
that the English navy has taken the
aggressive and will push its attacks
into German waters 1t NAV also
mean that England is clearing out
the North sea of any German war
ships which may be prowling in
those waters preparatory to sending
fleet OF transports TO Osterd.
Praise For Admiral Beatty.
On every tongue throughout the
British isles praise was heard today
Tor Rear Admiral Sir David Beatty.
OF the royal navy and his gallant
seamen who manned the feet OF
British battle cruisers, light cruisers
and torpedo boat destroyers which
won the battle
First Lord of the Admiralty Win
ston Spencer Churchill was deluged
with kilograms of congratulations.
In addition to the two German de-
stroyerS that were sunk many others
were damaged by the accurate fire
or the English gunners.
The German cruiser Mainz was
sunk together with another of the
holn class while Rear Admiral
Beatty reports that a third was on
ire when the British feet drew of.
A British cruiser reported late last
night that she was bringing nine Ger
man officers and 81 other prisoners.
CHeligoland, where the engage
ment took place, is the chief naval
base of Germany OFF their northwest
coast. 1t lies 285 miles from the
British coast and AZ miles northwest
of the harbor OF Cuxhaven Germany.
1t commands the mouth OF the
Weser river.)
Victory Was Complete.
The Daily Telegraph in comment
ing upon the victory of Rear Admiral
Beatty, who is the youngest flag Of
ficer af1oat, says:
Sir David was ACCOMPANIED uDon
this daring enterprise by Rear Ad-
miral S. A. n. Christian and Sir Ar
thur G.. w Moore. With all the
courage that distinguished our old
officers who many a time went into
the very jaws of death TO attack the
enemy, these gallant seamen con-
Quoted a combined operation in the
sight of Heligoland, where the en-
envy had all his strength at his COM
mand. The triumph was complete.
Evidently a concerted attack was
planned, just as our old seamen
would have planned it, to begin in
the darkness and reach it's decisive
point at dawn. The attacking force
was organic.
Complete was our victory. we
suffered but little. All our ships and
vessels are a1oat and in good order.
The British battle cruiser squadron
although attacked by submarines
and floating mines, successfully
evaded them and is not damaged.
The light cruiser squadron suffered
no casualties. The fiotilla cruiser
Amethyst and the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Laertes are damaged but no
other vessels are seriously injured.
The British loss of life was not
heavy"
Married An American.
It may be Of interest to recall to
Americans that Rear Admiral Beatty.
who is only 43 years old, married
an American woman. His wife was
Miss Ethel Field, daughter OF the
late Marshall Field of Chicago.
AS dry as it was the admiralty's
announcement of the naval victory
gave the British people material for
a dramatic conception. The feet of
grim, gray wall-sided ships sped
eastward beneath the darkness of
night to give battle to the Germans.
It was known that many German
ships were concentrated near Hell
igoland, but there was no hesitancy
on the part of the English Seamen.
They only had to recall the tradi-
tions of the islands to seek inspira-
tiOn for heroic deeds. With lights
out, with decks cleared for action
and with the powerful searchlights
darkened, the ships moved swiftly
There was danger from the beds Of
floating mines which the Germans
had strewn in that part Of the North
sea, but the ships had to be speedy
for the way was long and the time
was short. East and west of He'll
goland island the German patrols
we're plOWluS through the seas,
sweeping the wastes with long rays
from their strong and restless search
lights.
Just before dawn the British feet
steamed in view of the patrols, the
huge, squat battle cruisers with the
union jack flying from their masts
and pillows of black smoke belching
from their tunnels ringed about by
the lighter cruisers.
Germans Sound Alarm.
The English fleet crept closer and
closer. Suddenly the alarm was
given. The German patrols shot a
shaft Of light over the battleship
array, then scurried to cover, gTvlns
the alarm by the firing OF their guns.
On board the German cruisers all
was activity. Bugles sounded the
men TO their posts; turret and bar
bette sprang into life. The covering
was snatched from the muzzles or
the long guns. The dirty gray dark