The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-10-22
GERMANS ROUT
ALLIED Elect .
At TSING TAO
Jap Cruiser is Blown Up by Mine
During Night.
MlKADo LOSES 272 SAILORS
Commanders Of kaiSer's Torpedo
Boats Run Vessels Ashore to
Escape Capture and All on
Board Are Lost.


Tokyo, Oct 20.--Only twelve of the
crew OF 2S4 men aboard the Japanese
light cruiser Takachiho were rescued
after she struck a German floating
mine in Kiauchau bay Saturday night.
it was officially announced here.
The Takachiho was doing patrol
duty outside Using Tao when she
fouled the mine. japanese destroyers
heard the explosion and saw the flames
that resulted. They hurried to assist
the cruiser, but she disappeared
quickly. Twenty-eight officers, 81 nom
commissioned officers and 1S9 seamen
persisted.
The cruiser, which was built In
1885, was of 2,700 tons displacement,
had a speed OF 1S.5 knots and was
armed with eight six-inch guns, two
six-pounders and IA machine guns. She
was remodeled In 1900, when four tor
pedo tubes were inserted.
British Ships Driven Back.
Washington, Oct. 20.--The German
embassy received from a reliable
source In San Francisco the news that
the British battleship Triumph has
been SO heavily damaged by the FIRE
from howitzers In the Using Tao forts
that 1t had to withdraw Immediately
during bombardment it was conduct
ing with the aid of Japanese ships.
Austrian Submarine Sunk.
Cettinie, Montenegro, Oct. 20.--Th&
French cruiser Waldeck- Rousseau sank
one of two Austrian submarines which
went out from the Bay OF Cattaro to
attack the French feet, it was official.
ly announced here, The other sub
marine escaped.
The submarines advanced to the at
tack while the feet was making its
way along the Dalmatian coast. They
were quickly sighted by the lookouts
and a welLdirected shot sent the lead
ing one to the bottom.
The French feet proceeded and
recommended the bombardment OF
Cattaro. Several bombs were dropped
in the neighborhood of the fleet by
an Austrian aeroplane, but no dam
age was inflicted.
German Mine Layer Taken.
London, Oct. 20.-The British
cruiser Undaunted, which sunk four
German torpedo boat destroyers off
the coast of Holland, has captured a
German mine layer in the North sea,
according to dispatch sent out from
Harwich by the Central News The
correspondent says his information is
based on good authority, but the press
bureau is without confirmation Of the
report. The dispatch asserts the mine
layer was disguised as hospital ship.
Interviews with the crew of the I'm
daunted when it touched at Harwich
show that the German destroyers
which were sunk faced the odds
against them bravely.
In the running fight the cruiser, pro-
tected from torpedoes by her fighting
consorts, devoted her attention par
ticularly to two of the German ships,
and the British destroyers attacked
the other two. The first of the Ger
man craft sank after a half hours
fighting. Within an hour and a half
the battle was over.
One sailor says the Germans fought
we'll and kept firing until they sank.
This accounts for the smallness of
the number of the German sur.
vivors.
BY FREDERICK WERNER.
international News Service Correspondent.
Berlin, via Amsterdam, Oct. 90
Preferring wreck and death to capture
by the British, the commanders of the
German torpedo destroyers S-115,
S-117, S-11S and SLID drove their yes.
sells upon the coast of the North sea
on Saturday when cornered by the
English cruiser Undaunted, according
to statement issued at the admiral.
ty. The four destroyers were com
pletely wrecked.
The crews of the vessels numbered
224 men and nearly all of them are
believed to have been lost.