New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-28

i24 knots. The cruiser was afmed WIN
twelve 4t-inch guns, four 5-pounders
/ four machine guns and two torptuu
tubes. Her cost was about Sl,9OhfVV
+ No Battle Cruiser Ready for Action'
The extent Of the British navnl vic
tory is much greater than was AT hrst
reported. According 90 the accounts
T sent i'm by naval officers who were on
/ gaged. Germany now owing 10 dam
/ nrc done 20 the DeriIlinger, the Seyd.
J litz and the Moltke. 10 the sinking OF
the Bluecher and 20 the fact that the
/ Won der Tam IL in dock on account OF
a recent collision) has not single bat
tic cruiser ready for action.
The Deritlinger. the Sevdlitz and the
Noittc were all. according 90 these
stories Of officers who participated IN
/ the hght, badly damaged. and II will
take some weeks TO repair them, par
ticularly as the German dockyards are
/ short OF labor.
They also suffered severely in the
/ loss Of men. The Seydlitz, according
/ 90 Trustworthy information received m
I London. arrived a. Kel with 200 dead
aboard. other ships suffered accord
iugly. II is also reported that the light
cruisers Of the enemy suffered severe
/ ~. particularly at the hands Of the In
domitable.
II is now pretty we'll established that
the Germans were planning an attack
on Newcastle. The town itself lies up
The River Tyne. and possibly the Ger
man guns. even though Of an eight or
ten mile carrying distance, might not
have reached the town itself. but the
enormous and very important ship
Yards along the Tyne would have
proved splendid tagets and vast damage
could have been done.
Fleet Met 30 Miles from Newcastle.
How narrow was the escape is shown
by the fact that the Germans were met
by the British feet only thirty miles
from Newcastle. An hour and a half
more steaming would have seen them in
action on the coast The British fleet.
however. was forewarned Of the oncom-
ing enemy and got between the squad
ron and the coast and engaged.
British tactics differed from those
employed at the time OF the Scarbor-
ough raid Then the British fleet en-
deavored and succeeded in getting be-
tween the enemy and their base, conse-
quently when the raiders bombarded
three towns and then ran for home the
British ships were there ready for an
engagement, but the fog settled and the
enemy escaped. This time a different
policy was ordered and the British ships
met the enemy on the way over.
While several British ships we're dam
aged. they will soon be ready for action.
The Princess Royal and some Of the
others observed that the German ships
were already very badly damaged. II
is said in naval circles that if there had
been another half hour of free fighting
all the Germans would have been sunk.
As il IS. the navy is mighty well
pleased. and il is not believed any fur
Their raids will be attempted for some
time. If for no other reason than the
important one that the German battle
cruisers won't be ready.
Most of Warships Back Home.
Most Of the warships engaged re-
turned home on Monday or early on
Tuesday. II was announced here to-
day. The Lion, the flagship of S.r
David Beatty, was the last of the bat
tie cruisers 10 q, rive. She returned
Tuesday morning, when the Arethu.
and the Laurel, among the light cruis-
ers, some of the destrcyers and the
battle cruisers the Tiger, the Princess
Royal. the Indomitable and the New
Zealand were alre ldy at their moor
ings.
The Lion arrived at II O'Clock, an
was greeted with vociferous cheers by
the crews Of the anchorc warships.
II was a spontaneous tribute of atfec-
tion to Vice Admiral Beatty and his
flagship.
Captain Erdmann of the Bluecher has
been placed among the wounded, ac-
cording to the Edinburgh correspon-
dent Of THE Times" He is suffering
from shock.
The Lion and the Tiger were the
only British battle cruisers that sus-
tanned material damage in the fight
the correspondent adds. The Lion had
her speed reduced, but that can soon
be remedied. The Princess Royal, an
other of the British battle cruisers
which had almost as big a part in the
action, the correspondent states, is
practically unscathed.
The list of casualties shows that
Engineer Captain Charles G.. Taylor,
Of the battle cruiser Tiger, and five
stokers and three seamen Of that ship
were killed. The three men killed on
the Meteor were stokers, while most
of the wounded on the Lion, Tiger and
Meteor were stokers.
London. Jan. 2S.-An account Of the
naval battle printed in "The Daily
Mail" to-day says:
AT the close Of the action the Derf-
finger disappeared from view with
funnel shot away and blazing from
stem 70 stern. The Moltke was in no
better plight and the Seydlitz was
awash astcrn.
According to n German prisoner, the
aircraft mistook the sinking Bluecher
for British ship. and dropped bombs
on her, Fastening her end"
Germans Persist British