The Washington herald., 1916-07-07
Ships Sometimes Fought at
Range Of Less Than 5000
Yards Battle Lasted All
Through the Night.

| Prince, of the same SQUADRON, was sunk.
An accident TO the warspites steering
gear caused the helm to be jammed tenn
porarily, taking the ship in the direction
of the enemy's line, during which she was
hit several times. Clever handling en-
sbled Capt. Philpotts to extricste his
| ship.
partly TO smoke, II was impossible TO see
but few ships at a time in the enemy's
battle line
The action between the battle fleets
lasted intermittently from 6:I7 to $50 D.
m. at ranges between 5000 and 1900
yards. The enemy constantly turned
away and opened range under cover Of
, destroyer attacks and smoke screens as
the effect Of the British fire was felt
At s:55 p. m. the Iron Duke passed the
wreck Of the Invincible. with the Badger
standing by. During the somewhat brief
periods that ships OF the high-sea feet
were visible through the mist a heavy
and effective fire was kept up by the
battleships and battle cruisers Of the
grand feet, and enemy vessels were seen
to be constantly hit Some were observed
to haul out Of line, and at least one TO
sink.
The report Of the battle cruisers in the
van. from Admiral Beatty, follows:
ohips shrOuued In smoke.
At 7:H D. m. we sighted two battle
cruisers and two battleships apparently
Of the Koenig class at a range of about
1900 yards. We engaged them. After
very short time the enemy showed signs
of punishment, one ship being atire while
another appeared to drop right astern
The destroyers at the head Of the
enemy's line emitted volumes OF gray
smoke covering their capital ships as
with a pail. under cover OF which they
turned away.
We soon stterward located two battle
cruisers and bsttleships and were heavily
engaged at a range Of about 1000 yards
The leading ship, hit repeatedly by the
Lion, turned away emitting very high
flames with heavy list to port. The
Princess Royal set afire a three-funnelled
battleship. The New Zealand and In
domitable report that third ship. which
both engaged hauled out of line. heeIinE
over afre. A mist which came down en-
veloped them.
At $40 p. m. all our battle cruisers felt
heavy shock as IL struck by a mine
torpedo or sunken wreckage. AS an eN-
animation OF the bottoms reveals no sign
Of such an occurrence. il Is assumed il
Indicates the blowing up OF a great YES
sci
The Thirteenth flotiua took station
astern the battle feet for the night At
1880 a m, on June I, a large vessel
crossed to the rear OF the notilla at high
speed. She passed close to the Petard
and Turbulent. switched on a search
light and opened a heavy fire. which dis
abled the Turbulent.
At $50 a m, the Champion was en-
gagged for a few minutes with four enemy
destroyers. The Moresby reports that
four ships OF the Deutchland class were
sighted at 2:S5 A. NJ. at whom she fired
a torpedo. Two minutes later an explo-
sion was felt by the Moresby and Obdu-
rate.
U-Boat Attack Driven on.
At 30 a m, Vice Admiral Sir Cecil
Burney transferred his flag from the
| Marlborough TO the Revenge, as the for
ner ship had some difficulty in keeping
up to the speed of the squadron. The
Marlborough was detached TO her base.
| successfully driving of an enemy subms-
rine attack while en- route.
! The British fleet remained in proximity
| to the battle field and near the line Of ap-
proach TO the German ports until II a m
on June !, in spite OF the disadvantages
! of long distances from the fleet bases and
the danger incurred in waters adjacent to
enemy coasts from submarines and tor
| pedo craft.
The enemy, however. made no sign
| The enemy. however, made no sign and
! clusion that the high sea feet had re-
turned TO port. Subsequent events proved
this assumption correct
The waters from the latitude Of Horn
! Reef to the scene OF action were
thoroughly searched. some survivors from
the destroyed Ardent. Fortune and
Ttpperary were picked up and the Spar
row Hawk. which had been in collision
and was no longer seaworthy, was sunk
after the crew had been taken OF.
| A large amount OF wreckage was seen.
| but no enemy ships and, at lis p. m.
| It being evident that the German fleet
had succeeded in returning TO port, a
course was shaped for our bases which
were reached without further incident