The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-25

guns were greatly inferior in Calibre and
range. her main battery being twelve
So guns. while in her secondary battery
she had eight SO rifles. Tho three
largest British ships carried each oight
1875 rifles. while the New Zealand and
the Indomltablc went into action with
eight ~ inch guns each.
In Admiral Beatty's report there is a
suggestion that the engagement began
within 100 miles OF the German coast
and ended within less han tlf' miles OF
Helgoland or CuNh0vun. Fro N $3.50 A.
| VI. until | L. NJ. there was dingdong
| fight at amazing speed, th0 five Brit
| ish battle cruisers firing from the for
ward turrets, tho four fleeing German
| warships replying from their after tur-
| rets. In such circumstances the advan-
tage was distinctly with the British, as
the Tiger ion and Princess Royal were
able To fire ahead with four 1875 inch
guns, while the lndomitable and New
Zealand could use six of their IL
inch guns In the forward turrcts. The
Moltke was able to employ eight of
her IL inch guns in firing asteru. as
was the Seydlitz, while the Derfilnger
could bring into action six Of her II
| inch guns. But the German were
slightly outranged and this probably de-
cided the fortune of battle.
The Bluecher was crippled and aban-
doncd 10 her fate by the spcedier battle
cruisers some time before the pursuit
! reached the zone of mine and submarine
danger. Hard hit and sinking, she fell
out OF line and the battle famed past
her. At T. NJ. she rolled over and dis
appeared. Meanwhile two of the Ger
man battle cruisers had been reached
by the 1873 inch guns of the British,
but not in vital spot. They We're able
- continue their headlong flight until
the certain peril Of mine fields turned
Beatty back.
II is believed, although no con-
iirmatory news has been received, that
there was an engagement between the
British light cruisers and destroyers
and the German light cruisers. 1t is
not yet known which Of the light cruiser
list participated on either side.
Part Of the duty OF the light squadron
was TO rescue life but the fact that only
l23 are known to have been saved from
the B.uccher's company indicates that
the armored cruiser was so terribly de-
vastated that very many OF her officers
and crew died from shell fire. II is i'm
pbSSlblt 10 resist llf fblltluSlpn llldt llle
casualties on the DerfIltnger, Seydlitz
and Multke were heavy.
The news Of the victory was made
| public early this afternoon and the graf
| itication was greater even than that
which followed Nice-Admiral Sturdee s
! triumph off the Falkland Islands. For
the first time British battle cruisers had
/ the opportunity Of matching themselves
against German warships OF similar
| type. In the battle between Sturdee $
and Won Specs squadrons the battle
cruiser Invincible took part, but OPP
posed to her were only armored cruisers
less powerful than the Bluccher.
! Possibly the most pleasing feature OF
| the news, from the British standpoint
was the demonstrated proof OF the vlgi-
! lance Of the ntyy. 1t showed that the
! Germans had Il great deal OF luck to
| supplement their daring and skill when
they slipped through the patrols and
bombarded the Yorkshire coast. This
timo luck was not with them and they
were beaten in a fair and square fight
Of the old fashioned sort