The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-05
SAW DUELS OF SEA
AS IN NELSON'S DAY
British Sailor Describes the
Mighty Combat i'm Which
the Invinciblc Sank.
no TIME TO SAVE MEN
special ca5ie Despatch 10 rHE su~.

LONDON. June Among the nuner-
Gus sailors who on their return told Of
the battle, one describes a duel worthy
Of the Nelson tradition. between the In
vinc!ble and a big German warship. the
identity Of which is uncertain.
THE two ships" he said. fought like
bulldogs, all guns firing at once and
most OF them hitting. with such an enor-
nous weight of metal pouring out that
the duel was bound TO be short. II
lasted less than thirty minutes.
ut was fight to death. and both
ships died. The German vessel burst
into flames and sank. Almost imme-
diately afterward the Invincible followed
her to the bottom. Both sank with their
flags flying. The water was strewn with
men. dead and alive. But in the midst
q the fierce fight II was impossible tn
arrest the activities for the purpose OF
saving life.
"The Queen Mary was in the thickest
Of the fight and did heavy damage. She
then became the centre Of the converging
fire OF several powerful German ships.
She broke in two and went down after a
glorious battle.
Warrior Abandoned.
1.-The lot of the Indefatigable was very
similar. she was in "A smashing fight at
close quarters. Then the life was blown
out Of her. The Warrior had to he aban-
doned at high sea after being towed for
ten hours.
1.-THE Warspite. which was one OF the
earliest vessels to return to the base.
dashed between the Warrior and her
enemies and received IA salvo meant FOR
, the badly hit Warrior She did not save
the Warrior. but probably saved the
I Warriors crew.
THE Lion and Tiger were severely
engaged and returned safely"
/ Admiral Beatty's men speak with en-
/ thu.iasm of his GOODNESS. courage and
efficiency. fighting tremendous battle
AGAINST heavy odds. Apparently Zep
pelins warned the Germans OF the ap
proach OF the British dreadnoughts AZ
hour or so after the battle cruiser squad
ron had gone into action. The Germans
turned tail and made for home, casting
mines overheard as they went
Big shells at short Range.
A survivor of the Warrior told thi
story
We got to very close Quarters. lest
than 5000 yards. should say. |
was fair weather. but misty, weeterl!
l'gale had subsidized. The entire German
navy seemed out against us and al
ships were firing as fast as they coul,
serve their guns.
THE whole sea looked like one blood.
battlefield. At such short range yo
could scarcely miss. Great l42 inc
shells were coming at us all the time
Some smashed clean through the shiT
killing every man they touched. w
engaged ship after ship. We accounte
for two light cruisers and destroyer.
We saw the Queen Mary blow up a
/. result of concentrated fire. II locke
as IL a magazine exploded She brok
in two and went down like a stone,
was all over in a couple OF minutes.
Right in the hottest OF the battle
was impossible to pickeup men out q
the water.
"The Indefatigable went down muc
the same way She had given tn
enemy devil OF a pounding and the
gave the same to her. Our losses o
the Warrior were few. We were badl
holed. One of her engines was smashe
and the others stopped.
"One of our ships took us into toy
and drew us out of the line-a gran
bit OF work In the middle Of shell Ar
and torpedo attacks. We should hav
reached the base. ] think, II the Sc
had not gone up. We shifted ship
without any loss OF life.
"All We want is another ship an
tanother so at the Germans, for the
are jolly worth fighting"