Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-28

iseverely crippled. and Seydlitz could
not use her rear artillery. To the
north at a great distance stood the
| largest part of the enemy's light cruis-
ers and torpedoboats, as far as the
i German admiral could observe: no ad.
| justment of his inferiorlty had taken
place. He therefore decided TO take
! d more southerly course, in order 10
outflank the enemy from the rear, II
possible, and in this way relieve the
Blnecher. The above stated impCssi-
bility, to fully appreciate the sitUa
/ ton. and the probability of an APP
proaeh of the enemy's main squadron
within short time, made il appear
advisable TO also break off the battle.
especially as there seemed To be no
possible chance to relieve the Bluecher
which at that time was lying almost
motionless. At this juncture the same
/ torpedoboat which had successfully
| fired the shot previously reported. was
| fired the shot preyiosuly reported was
which was steaming northward A
heavy explosion followed, the whole
| ship was enyeloped in grayish-white
smoke clouds.
For a time a piece of her deck
remained visible. but at 1928 o'clock
the ship disappeared. This was plain,
| ~ observed by older officers from a
ship which was in the rear Of our line
and had q clear view of the enemy
Whether or not the claim of the Brit
ish admiral that the Tiger was the
second ship of the line right from the
start is correct remains to be seen.
The exact movements of the first ships
OF the line before their turn north
ward have not so far been establish
ed with absolute certainty.
When Bluecher remained behind
British torpedoboats repeatedly at
tempted to attack her The destruc-
tion OF two destroyers. one at 1880
O'clock and the other at 1890 o'clock,
was the result, and was plainly viss
ible. The final battle Of the Bluecher
| is described in a report of the diri-
gible, which appeared over the battle
ground toward the close of the fight
The Bluecher capsized shortly after 1
o'clock after being toTpedoed. Her ar
tillery was firing until she sank En-
dufance and heroism of her crew were
equal to her power of resistance At
that time only four British battle-cruis-
ers remained on the field of battle.
! The British report completes the
picture as follows After the leading
British ship had been seriously dam
aged the admiral lowered his flag,
boarded torpedoboat at about 1890
o'clock and after very fast trip, last
ing about three-quarters of an hour,
reached his other ships about one hour
and half after his flagship had been
disabled, and hoisted his flag on the
Princess Royal. At 5, o'clock the In
domitable succeeded in taking the I'M
navigable Lion into tow, taking her in.
to port"
The net results of the battle were,
on the British side:
= Sunk-One new battle-cruiser of 3d.
1000 tons. Seriously damaged Two
new battle-cruisers. Reliable news of
serious damages to q third battle-cruis-
er were received later. This must be
attributed mainly to the work of the
Bluecher, and we could therefore not
be informed about it Immediately.
Sunk-Three destroyers. Damaged
Two small cruisers.
On the German side:
Sunk-One old battle-cruiser DAM
aged-One new battle-cruiser, and one
small cruiser slightly damaged.
1t is of special significance to note
that the damage to the Seydlitz was
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