Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-23
BRITAIN SHOWS
NAVY STRENGTH
VICTORY OVER GERMAN RAID
ERS IN cATTEGAT GIVES PROOF
OF SUPERIORITY.


Correspondence Associated Press.
Base Of British Grand Fleet Nov. 4.
The recent naval action in the Cat
tegat where the, British sank German
| cruiser and ten armed patrol ships is
! an example Of the careful planning
which lies behind every move on the
! naval chart. A comparatively insig-
nificant force of British destroyers
and light cruisers were the actual
stage performers in the little Ska9-
gerak drama
The actual fighting in the Cattegat
began at 7 o'clock in the morning
and was over three hours later The
German fleet behind its Qualifications
received the calls for help, but dared
not take a chance-probably we'll
knowing that any attempt to send out
help would be confronted with enemies
rising out Of the sea from all direc.
tons.
FOG SURROUNDS FIGHTING.
The Cattegat is deep bay lying b.
tween Denmark and Sweden and lead-
ing out through the Skaggerak into H.
North sea near the scene Of no fam
GUS Jutland battle. A fog lay ever the
entire Cattegat throughout tho action
and the British destroyeEs picked of
their victims one by one and sank
them. The German amilfuy cruiser
Marie, which was leading tho fleet Il
patrol boats. was ship Of 5000 tUas.
Her captain, Herr L6uterbach, WAS
wounded, but rescued the Dau11A
shore safely. His ship, which had for
guns and crew of ninety was ~sn6
denly attacked" he said in m ln1a.
view with a Danish Newspaper mQn
afteryard, by q fleet Of Britiah D.
stroyers, and the shells nred by 6sen
descended with such Iapi6fty that the
men on the Marie were almost unable
to use the guns. Only 1aw shnEs
were fired before the shtpv1s. q M
of nameA"
MEN ACCUSE eE,aAa-
Captain Laute1h0Eh W1g a
from Shanghai to V1dlSootuk -
Baron Munchansem" and - saiA -
have been the most uupopGlr .nsss1
officer in the fAF can't. HI uu
larity extended even to his 0Un -
Lautefhach's naval rop1tzt1pn Upl-
ably will suffer somewhat from d
Cattegat battle. HIS report thzk -
fired his guns al long a. possible =
denied by his own men. who deelka
that LRuterbach was seized va
funk as soon as the enemy sppeah
and that not single shot was 0kud
from the Mario's guns.
RAD PLANS FoILED.
Presumabay tho lGax1e wss makihs
her way towards tho trade roa&e b.
tween Norway and Scotland, in the
hope Of ropesdng tAa s0ecasaea Ce>
man attack on the Bx1dsh Convey a
October II. Tho Br1kfsh ouznmnnae1
concentrated his ffre mt a IN on
the AkFie and then detached his AAst-
est vessels to round up the eooofgn9
patrol vessels. This was done Dor
ou9hly after q hunt lasting nearly
t1ree hours.
This action. it should be rennem-
bored, occurred in waters which the
Germans regard as practically one Of
their INLAND seas" The Csttelat is
the gateway to the Baltic. The scene
Of the fight Is 500 miles from tho near
est British coast and 200 mflas fna0
Kel. The Germans held @off kvmho
interior lines" while tho Bx81h
forces bad to cross the North -, -
up through the skaggerak and Aa
around Shaw.
PROVES sRfTAlhPs PREs1pe
The Germans Ind every cAnnr>n
execute coup, cutting OF the Hs0uk
of the Rfsi1h 1nrees BY bringing -
perior units up 6he cnast to IL -
trance Of Sk28eeE1k That thsu -
not dare attempt this b evidence q
their appreciation oe the fntf4ae1uD04
resource Of the Rrtfhh navy.
The return Of the British sQD
to its base was q1det and unnutDuDS
tious. BY nightfall, tho veaBas vN
off again ON their badness q
ing the sea
The cruise Of tho 0ese tnlD tB q.
tegat and the little victory VITA -
British navy won there v3Aek u.
loss Of a single British Ma Whllo NJ,
largely important in itself - . a..
crete Illustration and proof Of do mnDp,
ner in which the allied dDet8 eun1S4,
the seas and enable tho and ~.
eKnmsnts to use their reBoaRcn0-1R-3A0'
strength On the various huntA A