The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-06
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Statement Declares That Twen-
ty-Six Powerful British Ships
Were Engaged in the Fight
off Jutland.

HDiANbOh h0I1 June 0.-SurVlVOrS
arriving here from British destroy
| ers which made a massed attack on
German battleship in the Jutland
battle are convinced that they sent
to the bottom the dreadnought Hin
| denburg, the pride of the German
| navy.
These sailors say that the linden
burg was struck successfully by four
torpedoes, while the destroyers dash
ed in alongside of her hull, tearing
her to pieces. until the mighty ship
reeled and sank. An officer from
one of the destroyers gave the fol-
lowing graphic account of the bat
tie:
"The ships of the grand fleet went
into action as if they We're going into
! maneuvers. From every yard-arm
the white ensign flew, the flag which
Is to the sailor as the tattered colors
were in days of old to a hard press
| ed regiment That it went hard with
the battle cruisers is apparent but
one ship cannot fight a dozen. They
| had fought great fight, fight to
be proud of, fight which will live
longer than many victory.
I'VE fought close into the foe and
IL anything is certain in the uncer-
tainties of naval battle it is that we
gave at least as good as we got We
passed along the line of German ships
some miles away and let off broadside
after broadside. The air was heavy
with masses of smoke, black, yellow,
green and every other color which
drifted slowly between the opposing
lines, hiding sometimes friend and
sometimes foe. The enemy ships
were firing very fast, but watching the
ships in front one came to the con
clusion that the shooting was decid-
edly erratic. Again and again salvos
of shells fell far short of the mark
to be followed Immediately by others
which screamed past high in the air
Il watched the Iron Duke swinging
through the seas letting off broadside
after broadside, wicked tongues of
flames leaping through clouds of
smoke. The din of the battle was
hundreds of the heaviest guns in the
world roared out at once. Great mass
es of water rose in the air like water
spouts, reaching as high as the masts
as the salvos of German shells fell
short or went over their target Now
and then shell found its mark but it
left me absolutely cold as is it's eff
feet on each man at a time like this.
dozen men may be knocked out at
ones side. 1t makes no difference. It
vas impossible to see what was hap
pening among the ships or the foe.
The smoke obscured everything so eff
fectually that one could only get
glimpse at intervals when kindly
wind blew a lane through the pail II
was apparent that the best ships of
the enemy were engaged, but how
many neither eye nor glass could
| make out. The number was certainly
large 1t was equally impossible to
see what damage we were causing.
Only the High Command knew the
progress Of the battle. That the dam
| age inflicted on the German ships was
| great does not admit of any doubt At
one time two vessels red with fire
cleaned through the smoke.
1T is q curious feeling to be in the
midst of a battle and not to know
to which side fortune leans. Where
only few ships ere engaged it is
| different. Our own losses were
known with some degree of exact
ness, but even that was uncertain.
Thus at one time 1t was thought the
Lion had been lost, as she did not
| answer any call. 1t transpired that
her wireless had been destroyed
With the dusk came the great
opportunity OF the mosquito craft
! and both sides made use of it to the
full. 1t was in this way that one of
the saddest Of many sad Incidents oc-
CURED. A destroyer, true to its name,
searched for the big enemy ship
She soon got into effective range and
loosed her torpedoes with deadly eff
feet on German battleship The
ship went down and the destroyer
raced. for safety, the commander and
officers standing on the bridge indulg-
ing in mutual congratulations at their