Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-31
Details of Naval
 Battle al HeIgoIand
BRITISH HAD 2s KILLED AND
 ss INJURED.
AERoPLANE WARNS FOE
First Shot From One of the s-itish Cruisers Sank German cruiser- German Fleet Fled in Direction Of cuxhaven.

London, Aug. 90, Ills a. ua-Twen- ty-ntne killed and thirty-eieht wound ca was the price in men paid by the British for the naval action against Germans Friday. The adniralty foday announced the casualties as follows.
 The light cruiser Arethusa lost Lieutenant Eric Westmacott and nine men killed: four men seriously wound ca and Lieutenant Robinson and eleven men wounded but not serious ly.
 The torpedo boat destroyer IAb- erty lost Lieutenant Commander Bar teiot and six men killed: one man wno has since died from wounds: one dangerously wounded: five seriously wounded. and five slightly wounded. The destroyer Laurel suffered three men kflled;. one has since died of his wounds; two men dangerously wound ed; seven seriously wounded and two slightly wounded.
 British Commander Killed.
 The Liberty. one of the British destroyers which took part in the bat tie off Helgoland was hit by a shell which shattered her mast tore away | part of her bridge. smashed her searchlights and killed her commando CT, Lieutenant Commander Nigel K. ". Bartelot and William Butcher. his signal man. Their deaths were in- stantaneous'
 | Accounts of the battle say it was perfect in execution as well as in plan. Led by a fearless small detach- ment, the destroyers crept within the | German lines at dawn between Hel- goland and the German coast. Sighted by an Aeroplane.
 An aeroplane sighted them and gave the news to the Germans. whose des- | troyers then came out The British destroyers lured the Germans to the open sea. where other destroyers were waiting spread out in fan shape | Accurate Gunfire. A small engagement followed and | then the German cruiser came out The British light cruiser Arethusa af- ter sighting shot. got her range splendidly and hit the foremost gun of one of the German cruisers. demoI- tshing 1t The Arethusa then fired a few broadsides at the enemy. Her | practice was excellent She hit a Ger | man cruiser which at once burst into a German shot did some damage in the engine room of the Arethusa- | Destroyers Made Grand Fight.
 The destroyers Liberty and LaertAs fought a grand fight. The Laertes was hit amidships, a hole was shot through her funnel, her forward guns were damaged and she received also a shell Tn the dynamo room ana a SnOI aIt which wrecked her cabin.
 | German Fleet Fled.
 It was hot work, but at that moment the British light cruisers and battle cruisers appeared. It was the moment for which they had been waiting and their execution was deadly. The first shot from one of the British battle cruisers sank German cruiser which had been battering a destroyer The German fleet then turned and fled in the direction of Cuxhaven, but they were pursued by the British destroy CTS, which did terrible execution with their four inch guns.
 German Officers Shoot Men.
 Many of the Germans landed from the British ships after the battle were
 wounded by revolver bullets It is
 declared that the revolvers were used by German officers to prevent their men surrendering to the British boats which had put off to save their drown
 ing opponents. Some of the boats
 lowered to the rescue of the Ger
 mans, it is said. were fired upon by
 German cruisers.