The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-08

under Captain Wtntour. suffered severe
losses. including the Tirperary. The
twelfth hotilla under Captain stirling
attacked n squadron of six large YES
S,.ls uc the Kaiser class. taking 1t by
surprise ana firing many iorp"dn"S. IN"
second. third and fourth ships In ~"
! lin. were hit and In" third blew ~! In.
dastruyers were under n heavy fire ot
German light cruisers. Only N" IN
slaught received material injuries. Inc
Ca4'Or sank q German destroyer. al pom.
blank range.
The thirteenth nntiila, under Captain
Earle, was stationed asl"rn 90 ne hattlc
noct. A large vessel crossed IN me rear
of The notilla after midnight al hlEh
sueod Turning on her srar"hliEatS, Shc
fired heavily on the I"iard ana inc ~
hulcnt and III" latter wnS disabled ne
| ,.h,,nninn was engaged for few min
,,ne With four German nHSirnyers. NhlIc
Tho Mnrcshy fired n torpedo ~ n snip OF
tho Deutschland class and felt an eS-
plnsiOn.
Concluding his account of the battle
vice-Ad rniral Iellicoe wrote:
at daylight on. the first OF June: inc
hattie fleet being southwark or Horn
Encf. turned northward in search oi the
enemy vessels End for the purpose OF
collecting our own cruisers ana 'ortleoo-
hoat dcstrpyers. The visibilit" carly on
mo hTst Of .June was thrca In four miles
lass than on May 81 and tho torpedo-
boat dcsIroycrs, being out or visual
touch, did not reinln the fleet until 8
a. m. The British fleet remained IN
the proximity Of the battlefield ana near
the line OF approach 10 German ports
until II a. m. in spite Of the dtsadrant-
age Of long distances from fleet bases
and the danger incurred In waters ad1h-
cent to the enemy's coaS;s from sunma-
rines and torp"d" craft.
Returned to Port.
THE enemy. however. made no sign
and ! was reluctantly compelled to the
conclusion that the high sea fleet had
Returned into port Subsequent events
proved this assumption to have been
correct Our position must have been
known 10 the enemy rs, at n. m. the
fleet engaged n Zeppelin about five min
utes. during which time she had ample
opportunity to note and subsequently
report the position and course OF the
! British fleet.
The waters from the latitude or
Horn Reef TO The seen" of action were
| thoroughly searched and some surviv-
| urS from the destroycrS Ardent, Fortune
and Tinpcrary were picked up. The
Sparrow Hawk. which had been in COLL
sion was no longer soaworthy. and was
! sunk after tho crew was taken Off. y
| large amount If wrcckagc WIS secn, hut
no enemy ships. and nj l:l3, 1t being
| evident that the German fleet had sue
cccdcd In returning In port. our course
was shaped for our bases. which wcra
reached without further incident on Fri
day, the second OF June.
The cruiser squadron was detached
| to search for the Warrior which had
| been abandoned while IN tow Of the En-
Eadinc. on the way 10 the base. owing
| 10 bad weather setting in and the vessel
! becoming unscawnrthy. No trace Of her
! was discovered. and further subsequent
search hy the light cruiser squadron
| having failed TO locate her. it was evil
dent that she had fhundcred.
THE fleet was fuclrd. rcplrnlshcd It's
| -. n.ph M
| SECOND Of June. was reported ready for
| further action"