The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-08
RUSSIANS ARE SCOURCED INTO THICK OF FIGHT That Is Information Coming to Bridgeport From Dfstin-
 Quished German. SHOT BY OWN MEN
 IF THEY FALTER More Than 40 Vessels in Falk- land Naval Battle, Says
 Communication.

Further light on the historic sea bat tie off the Falkland Islands in South American waters between five Ger man cruisers and an overwhelming force of English and Japanese ships is given in @ letter received by Dr. Herman Duesing, 1169 East Main street from Nlis brother, Dr. Carl Duesing, professor in nnadfh erna!bfcs at the Royal University of Ktel, Germany. Hour German cruisers were sunk but, ac- Ecorddng to the letter, they were op- posed by 42 English and Japanese war ships, the flower of the fleet of these countries in those waters. Other re-. ports said that thero were from. P to 3S ships The letter ailso gives insight into the heroic patriotism of the German sailors. That the Russian soldiers are driven into action by companions standing back of them with tine ecollrge, a whip with strips of leather knotted about chunks of metal is am other poir1t brought out. German prisoners of Russia. say f6E1aI no less than eight other high generals be- sides General Rennenkarnpf are under arrest. The prisoners also say that Russia is using every effort to un- earth the reasons for the overwhe1m- dne defeats of Uner aTunfes.
 In the New Free Press (Gern1an
 
 has lost 6o,oO0 officers since the be- ginning of the war and up to De- cernber 4, 1914. Using this as a basis the article estimates that Ralssia's loss as already between two and two and a. half n66llion men.
 Dr. Duesing's letter, as translated ! follows:
 ."nhe sea battle at the F1alrland Isl- ands has been fought by which four German ships were sunk Heu4ofcaaly and for hours did the brave Germans fight against a much larger foe. At first, the papers stated that 2 ships had been sent out to capture the Ger mans, 9ater the report came that there 1 were 3s, but in reality there were 42 English and Japanese ships. l Admiral Sturdoe. who up to now had been commander of all the ships that guard the ports of England, was dispatched with select squadron to South America To conquer in this way is certainly no great victory nor great honor to the so-caafed and laud- ed victories; on the contrary, to send such an overpowering force to over come much smaller foe shows weak ness on the part of tffe victor. 1 For the conquered Germans it is an honor, that their snaalll but sturdy squadron called out bhe flower of the German force. x
 The Scharn ndorst sank after three hours brave fighting; Gneasenan after five hours The other two were but small cruisers. The little cruiser l Dresden escaped According to the report of the officers of the Dresden three large English vessels were sunk. | "A fierce battle which lasted hours certainly damaged some of the English ships. The battle at the coast of l C1iH lasted hardly half an hour, but we will never know how great the loss hip-1 only sound the trumpet of the de feat of others and throw the cover of charity on their own. calling it victory.
 "of what ships the English fotfma was composed Is kept secret
 1.-The German sailors, who sank at former battles, but were rescued and resuseftated, declare that no nobIer Fdeath can be thought of than to d1e for ones country. Till the last, no i one thinks of death. They sink and soon become unconscious. Their last 1 thought was of their country and their people and to fight against such an overpowering enemy was their only l am bltion.
 Our victories in a--o east you have captured by the thousands The pufs- oners state that they are driven to battle by the soourge. If they do not l TO they will be fired on by Russians guarding t1Henn.
 '"This seemed incredible at first but as every prisoner attests the same it must be true.
 'FThe new Free Press states tn at Russia lost 6o,000 officers since the be- ginning of the war to December 1914. Taking all lost to Russia, tEds would give total of two or two and one-Faalf millions.
 l General Rennenkanpf was deposed and arrested and besides him there are eight other Russian generals under ar- lrest. Russia is looking for those who are at fault in her defeats