The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-18
-four DESTROYERS
Of GERMAN NAVY
SUNK BY BRITISH
English Sailors Take Speedy
Revenge for Loss
Of Hawke. -
VESSELS SENT TO BOTTOM
OFF THE DUTCH COAST
Score in Naval Operations Is at
Present M Favor of
the Allies.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY ADMIRALTY
Light Cruiser and Four De-
stroyers In Successful
Action.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY ADMIRALTY
Light Cruiser and Four De-
stroyers I'm Successful
Action.

Especial Cable to The Tines Dispatch
LONDON. October 1.-THE British
ravy to-day avenged the Hawke. the
British cruiser sunk off the coast OF
Scotland by German submarines tor
pedo. by sending to the bottom four
German torpedo boat destroyers Off the
coast of Holland
The terrific execution-the most bril-
liant naval feat thus far recorded in
the war-was accomplished by the
British light cruiser Undaunted, fight
ing with the indomitable courage of a
great lion Of the sea driven to bay. The
cruiser was attacked by fleet Of the
cnemy's destroyers while on patrolling
duty. according to the official announce
ment of the press bureau of the admir-
atty. which confirmed tho news of the
victory
She had been searching the seas for
the squadron OF the enemys ships
which had been operating from the es-
tuary of the River Ems. one OF which
war vessels recently had been sunk by
\ British submarine.
The TUndaunted wasi accompanied by
the torpedo boat destroyers Lance
acting as her convoy.
The attacking fleet singled out the
Undaunted and concentrated their fire
upon her. thinking first to dispose OF
the more formidable vessel, and then
To turn their attention to the lighter
craft.
ATTACKING DESTROYERS
QUICKLY SENT TO BOTTOM
In the battle which followed. details
n In {nl li H.
by the press bureau, four of the at
tacking destroyers were quickly sent
to the bottom by well directed shots
from the siN-inch and four-inch guns OF
the Undaunted.
According TO the last navy list, the
Cndaunted. vessel of $500 tons, was
commanded by Lieutenant Commander
George Seymour. Her armament con-
sists Of two six-inch and six four
inch guns. The destroyers accompany-
ing her are ESQ feet in length. and
have speed of twentynine knots.
Each carries 100 men. The Undaunted
went into commission early this year.
She is 40 feet long. equipped with
turbines. and has a speed OF better
than thirty knots.
The admiralty announces that the
British loss in the engagement was one
officer and four men wounded. The
damage to the British destroyers was
slight.
The announcement adds:
There are thirty-one German SUR
vivors prisoners of war"
The German vessels had compile
ment of from forty-eight to eighty
three men each, and 1t is probable that
of them were sunk by the Undaunted.
UNCONFIRMED RUMoR
STARTLES LONDON
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the pride OF the Undaunted's achieve
ment, rumor, unconfirmed, was widely
circulated in London that the big
cruisers Invincible and Terrible had
been sunk by German submarines in
the North Sea. The rumor became so
persistent that THE official press bu-
reau, at the request of the admiralty,
issued an official statement denying the
report
Among the officers reported to have
lost their lives in the sinking of the
Hawke is DIR. j. II. ID. Watson, tho in
ternational Rugby football player, who
WAS attached to the cruiser as a sur
Seon.
Forty eight more survivors of the
Hawke have been landed at Aberdeen
by a trawler, which took them off a
Norwegian steamship. The captain of
the steamship said he picked them up
from an overcrowded boat. The sailors
.pSCIitSu tuey "cTc UNA Die 10 40 any
thing for the men III the water They
also stated that the periscope of the
submarine disappeared Immediately af-
ter the explosion which sent the
Hawke to the bottom. With the sew
enty-three previously reported saved,
the survivors Of the disaster now num-
ber 121 of the crew of approximately
400.
Another British ship was blown up
by a German mine in the North Sea
to-day, and nine OF the crew lost their
lives. The steam trawler Ajax, out of
Grifnsby, struck 4 floating mine, and
was sunk before all the crew could
be taken off.
SCORE IN OPERATIONS
NOW FAyORS ALLIES
The score in naval operations, with
out counting converted merchant
men. such as the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse and the Cap Trafalgar, now
favors the allies. which have sunk
ono Austrian and six German cruisers,
and seven German torpedo boat de-
stroyers. while there have been unconE
iirmed reports ofthe sinking of sew
oral Austrian destroyers in the Adri-
attic Sea.
The Germans have sunk eight Brit
ish and one Russian cruiser, while Aus
tralia has lost submarine by acct
dent. The Russians also claim to have
sunk two German submarines, but this
the Germans deny. -