The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-19
NAVAL BATTLE OF HELieoLANo

The story of the battle off the Dutch Coast in which four German destroyers were sunk by the British Cruiser "Undaunted" and four Destroyers, told by an officer Of the "Undaunted."
 We steamed out of Harwich With all ships companies iubilant. and eager to set into the danger zone, as il sas re ported that a certain amount of live liness' prevailed in the North Sea.
 All was quiet until two o'clock when heading up northwards and skirting the Dutch coast line we sighted the smoke of four vessels
 Our captain immediately cleared for action and sgnalled the order to chase We steamed at top speed with two des- troyers disposed on either side of us. IL was never to be forgotten sight nerves strained to the utmost tension and everybody keen as mustard at our luck
 The German destroyers turned about and fled. but we had the advantage in speed and soon got within range with our six inch bow gun, and opened fire. Our captain formed up our fiotila on either how, and once within effective blazed away the destroyers acting in dependently.
 The German destroyers seeing them selves cornered altered their course with the intention of obtaining a better strategic position. They opened fire on us most of the shots being aimed at the destroyers.
 Lusty cheers rang from our ships as the first German destroyer disappeared. At a distance of---yards a Sin lyd- dite shell struck her just below the bridge. She toppled over on her beams end like wounded bird then lighted herself level with the surface, and fin ally plunged bow first, all in the space | I'i StpplAA N"o
 We had by this time closed to - iyards range, and the enemy commen- ced firing their torperoes. and as the best we could judge they must have discharged at least eight. one missing our stern by only a few yards At 2.55.P.M, the second of the enemys vessels was seen to be out of a ction. being ablaze fore and aft, show | ing the fearful havoc our lyddite shells
 were making As each shell hit it's mark. tunnels. bridge torpedo tubes. and all deck fittings disappeared like
 magic. dense fumes from the explosive.
 the deadliest of it's kind. covering the lship fore and aft.
 I We actually passed over the spot where the first vessel had sunA, and just for space of a couple of seconds as we were tearing through theswater at over 30 knots an hour we caught sight of scores of poor wretches floating about and clinging to charred and blackened debris and wrechage l This was truly a pitlful sight, but as We had two more combatants to put out of action, to stop at such close range. even to save life. would have ] been courting disaster We should have merely been exposing ourselves to torpedoes. We had to tear along and try to forget the gruesome result
 of our work
 l The second ship now a mass of seeth-
 | ing flames, sank quite level with the
 water, and we soon had the remaining
 two holed and maimed. Their firing
 was very poor and inaccurate although
 several shells flew around, throwing
 sharpnel bullets about. It was a mar Vel that none struck us.
 l The destroyers Loyal and LenoN got
 in close proximity to one of the Ger
 man ships both were holed. Before giving up the ghost the surviving Ger man fired her last torpedo. which how
 ever went wide of the mark During
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