The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-09-02
When II Vessels Were
Sent To Bottom.
GERMAN SQUADRON SURPRISED
BY British Ships-Fierce and
Fast Fighting Lasted
Eight Hours.
FEARLESS. ACTED As DEcoY

destroyers which have arrived in
port say that at least IL German
vessels Of various sizes we're sunk
in the engagement OF Heligoland.
Toward the end of the battle some
English piDnaces, engaged in pick
ling I'D Germans who were struggling
in the water, were followed by the
German squadron and had to beat
hasty retreat, leaving the men to
their fate.
British cruisers and destroyers,
some OF them showing signs of the
battle. are at Harwich. Chatham and
SheerRess. They had British and
German wounded aboard. NUN
Der of men died before the warships
reached port and were buried at sea;
others died on the way to the hos
pital and their bodies were taken to
the naval mortuary.
Most of the wounded are suffer
ing from head injuries, caused by
she'll fire, but others had arms and
legs shattered. Whitehead hearers
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
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could be seen that some of them
bore shell holes. One destroyer had
no less than "A such holes, which
had been plugged with cloth.
The naval engagements between
the British and Germans lasted
about eight hours, during which the
fighting was sharp and terrible. &C
cording to dispatch to the Even
ing News from Harwich.
The Evening News quotes non
commissioned officer, who was in
the thick of the naval battle off
Heligoland, and whose destroyer
picked up many German wounded,
as follows:
we came upon the German
ships unawares. The action was
very hot while it lasted, and we
must have done a lot of damage.
Many of the Germans were badly
wounded; ~ of them died on the
way and were buried at sea-
A British cruiser arrived in the
More to-day with 200 German pris-
oners on board. chiefly from the
German cruiser Mainz. which was
sunk by the British fleet
The stokers and engineers. who
constitute majority of the 200
survivors OF the German cruiser
Mainz, say that the British guns
shot with terrific force, and most of
the men on the decks of the German
vessel persisted.
. Ninety German prisoners, of
whom 16 are wounded sailors from
the cruiser Mainz, were landed at
I.eith tonight. Eight are officers
and one is believed to be son OF
Admiral Won Tirpitz.
British sailors, who boarded the
German 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 tur-
rets were battered in. The decks
were mass of wreckage. and dead
and dying sailors were lying all over
the ship.
The British light cruiser Fearless
took a prominent part in the battle.
She approached within 10 miles of
the German Coast and drew out the
German cruisers, which attempted
to surround her. At one moment
she was actively engaged single
handed against four of them. One
had come within 1000 yards when
she was struck and burst into flames.
After they had found the range
the German craftsmanship was
: good. The Fearless wireless was
shot away and the cruiser was hit
10 times
Afterward the Fearless stood by
the disabled German, although she
herself was in great danger OF being
sunk. The arrival of the other Brit
> ish cruisers decided the engagement
speedily.
> The British casualties so far re-
: ported are one killed and twenty
injured.
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