The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-29
British Ships Are All Safe.

London, Jan. 27.-The British ad.
nsiralty announced that all the Brit.
ish ships engaged in Sundays naval
battle in the North sea have returned
safely to port and that the casualties
are one officer and thirteen men
killed and three officers and twenty
six men wounded.
The admiralty's statement directly
refutes the claims made by the Ger
mans and telegraphed here that one
British battle cruiser and two de-
stroyers were sunk and other units
badly damaged.
The most serious damage inflicted
on the British fleet was on the battle
cruiser Lion, Sir David Beatty's flag
ship, on which he led his flying squad
rcn into action and which was instru.
mental in the sinking of the German
cruiser Bluecher. The Lion was hit
once below the water line and sew
eIal forward compartments were
flooded. The big flag ship took I'D a
hsSser from the Indcmitable and was
towed into port. The only other YES
sci seriously hurt was the destroyer
Meteor, which was towed into port
by sister shin. the Liberty. The
admiralty's statement follows:
"All the British ships and destroy.
ers engaged in Sundays action have
returned safely to port. The Lion,
which had some forward compart.
merits flooded by shell that hit be.
low the water line, was taken In tow
by the Indomitable and the destroyer
Meteor, which was also disabled, wan
tcwed by the destroyer Liberty. Both
OF the damaged vessels were guard
ed by strong escorts of destroyers.
Both boats can be speedily repaired"
Tiger Suffers Most Fatalities.
The total casualties reported to the
admiralty are as follows: Lion sew
e"teen men wounded; Tiger, one Off
Ger and nine men killed; three Off
GERS and eight men wounded: Meteor,
four men killed, one wounded. It is
not believed that any other casual
ties occurred, but If so the admiralty
will Immediately publish the list.
AS soon as Admiral Beattys report
OF the fight is received the admiralty
will. issue fuller account Of the af.
fair 1t is known that the Lion and
tie Tiger, which led the British bat.
tie line, stood the brunt Of the Ger
man fire, which appears to have been
quite effective for a short period.
The Lion was hit half a dozen times
but here armor prevented any greater
damage. The shot that tore hole in
her bow was probably a chance one
from the stern guns on the Moltke or
the Derfflinger. The fact that the Me-
teor was rather badly damaged is
evidence that the smaller vessels Of
the two fleets did clash and leads to
the belief here that some Of the Ger
man destroyers must have been in
trouble too.
British RepuIse Attack.
Paris, Jan. 27.-The following Off
c'al communique was issued by the
French war office at 10:45 at night:
"The British troops repulsed at
night a new attack on Givenchy-les-
La Basse and succeeded by counter
attack in reoccupying the positions
held by them the previous night. The
was very lively. On the
road from Bethune to La Basse alone
the Germans left 300 dead on the
field.
Yesterday evening following the
violent attack already reported, the
enemy was able to penetrate our
trenches between Huertebisee and the
Foulon wood (west Of Craonne). We
made a counter attack when the
enemy's forces had been thrown into
disorder by aerial bombs. According
10 the latest news a part (the Fou-
lon woody of the lost ground has been
"Tn the Argonne: Our troops made |
TWO attacks against st. Hubert and