The evening world. Newspaper, August 29, 1914, Page 3

BRITISH OFFICIAL REPORT FOUR OF KAISER'S WARSHIPS Two Cruisers, One of Them the Mainz, Sent to the Bottom and a Third Set on Fire—Two Destroyers Sunk. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 [Associated Press].—The following of- ficial report of the naval battle off Cuxhaven, in which the British fleet was victorious, was received here to-day at the British Embassy. It was dated last night in London. “Early this morning a concerted operation of some consequence was attempted against the German fleet off Helgoland Bight. A strong force of destroyers, followed by light cruisers and battle-cruisers, and working in conjunction with submarines, intercepted an attack by German destroy- ers and cruisers guarding ‘the approaches to the German coast. According to Information which has reached the Admiralty so far the operation has been fortunate and fruitful. “The British destroyers have been heavily engaged with the enemy’s destroyers, and all the British destroyers are reported afloat and returning in good order. Two German destroyers were sunk and many damaged. “The enemy’s cruisers engaged the British cruisers. Battle-cruisers of the first light cruiser squadron sank the Mainz, receiving only slight damage. The first battle squadron sank one cruiser of the Koln class, and another disappeared on fire and in a sinking condition. “All the German cruisers which were engaged were thus disposed of. “The battlecruiser squadron, although attacked by submarines anc float: ing mines, successfully evaded them and is not damaged. The light cruiser squadron suffered no casualties. “The flotilla cruiser Amethyst and the destroyer Laertes are dam- aged, but no other vessels are seriously injured, The British loss of life was not heavy. “The commanding officers concerned in this skilfully handled opera. tion were Rear-Admirals Beatty, Moore and Christian, and Commodores Keyes, Tyrwhitt and Goodenough.” LONDON, Aug. 29 (Associated Press).—The official information bureau gives out the following message received by the War Office from Field Marshal Sir John French, Commander of the British forces in wit you kindly convey to the First Lord of the Admiralty the con- gratulations of the army in the field on the splendid naval success of + fasted about eight hours, during which the fighting was sharp and terrible, according to a despatch to the Evening News from Harwich, who says the information was given by crews of the British destroyers which took part. Rousing cheers were given the British bluejackets when they arrived, They brought many German wounded. All the vessels in the harbor holsted Red Cross flags and took part in the transfer of the wounded to Red Cross yachts and hospitals on shore. Groups of boys in white duck from the Shotely Naval Barracks were waiting on the pier with stretchers to carry the wounded to the hespitals .There were British wounded also, but the Germans and ” British were treated alike. The work of removing the wounded occupied the whole afternoon, ast was done with the greatest care. Many of the men were badly in- fused about the head. ‘A British cruiser arrived in the Nore to-day with 200 German prison- ers on board, chiefly from the German cruiser Mainz. The official bureau of information has announced that two trawlers, sweeping for mines, have been sunk by mines, Five members of the crews of the trawlers are missing and eight ethers sustained Injuries, OF FIOW ENGLISH FLEET SANK ey ATUBDAY, AUGUST 29, 1914. STIRRING PICTURES FROM THE WAR STRICKEN FIELDS 0 (First Photographs of the Horrors of Modern Warfare Arrived Here To-day on the Adriatic.) SAW DESTRUCTION OF KAISER WILHELM BY BRITISH CRUISER Naval Officer Says German Vessel Fought Until Shots Set Her Ablaze. ws publishes a despatch from Las Palmas, Canary Islands, giving an account of the sinking of the North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which had been converted into a cruiser, off the coast of Africa, by the British cruiser Highflyer, which was reported last Thursday. Lieut. Deane, a British army officor who was taken prisoner by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from the British steamer Galician on the high seas, is the authority of the Las Palmas cor- respondent, and in an interview he gives a graphic account of how the reat liner was destroyed Lieut. Deane was not on board the Ger- man converted cruiser: he had been sent over to the collier Arucal, from which the liner was coaling. When {t was seen that the Kaiser Wilhelm was doomed the German captain sent his sword, histlespatch boa and a let- ter to his wife to the collier, his sec- retary boing his messenger. ‘Pre to doing this the captain of the liner had announced that he would himselt blow up his command rather than surrender. When the Highflyer opened fire on the steamer, Deana continues, the collier was still fastened to her by one haweer, and owing to some delay cer- tain prisoners on board the liner did not get a chance to leave the ship. The Katser Wilhelin was how on to the Highflyer, and the British cruiser had some difficulty in finding her mark. She manoeuvred to get broadside on, and the ensuing cannonade lasted for forty minutes. All the shots from the Kalser Wilhelm appeared to be falling short. From the collier it was neon that she had been hit three times, and on catching fire she ceasad replying to tho shots from the Rritish cruiser. When the German vessel had been silenced the Highflyer also stopped fire, By this time tho Arucal, w had separated from the tin got too far away to perteive anv- thing more than that sho was still burning. The Germans kept on board the Kaiser Wilhelm only her officers, her gun crews and a few engineers The remainder of her men were transferred to the collier. KAISER WILHELM SANK THREE BRITISH LINERS BEFORE BEING SUNK, LONDON, Aug. 2 (United Preas).— British merchant steamers wore had Uhlans who emptied the town’s cash box at Alost of 180 francs left 1% francs as “a tip for the police.” The seven thousand members of the Football Association in England may form themselves into an army corps and the football fields be turned into drill grounds, This has been suggested both by the War Office and the footballers, A Turco at Charlero! who had captured a German captain single-handed was conducting him to the rear when the curses of the German angered him. Thereupon he made the officer carry his knapsack and the reat of his equip- ment, crewned him with @ saucepan, and, thus accoutered, led him through the French lines, On her way from Switzerland to Lorraine the wife of Gen. Metzinger, whose son is a captain in the French army, overheard one German officer say to another that he had left his umbrella in Paris, “Never mind, You can get it yourself next week,” responded the latter, whereupon Mme, Metzinger interrupted to remark: “Do not go to any trouble, My son, who is @ French captain, will un- dertake to bring it to you in Berlin,” Sign In an uptown cafe reads: “Nix on the war arguments, This place is neutral.” Russian patriots are raising a fund for the first Russian soldier to enter Berlin, Contributions as large as $500 have been received. Soldiers who have been struck by German bullets say that the builets are so smal! and ao hot that they drill through even bone, and the heat, act- ing as a disinfectant and caustic, almost prevents them being felt. ST. PETERSBURG—Russian professors possessing German and Aus- trian decorations are disposing of the gold and silver of which they are made on behalf of the poor. LONDON--British saloonkeepers are taking no chances, “The lager beer sold here {s brewed in Belgium,” reads a sign posted in barrooms throughout London, -_-— PARIS—All French military uniforms in the wardrobes of Paris thea- tres have been confiscated by the War Office, LONDON—Changes of name aunowiced in the latest Issue of the Lon- don Gazette are Rosenheim to Rose, Siegenberg to Curzon and Schacht to Lent. BERLIN—By unwritten Inw only noblemen are admitted to the com- missioned ranks of the German Death's Head Hussars, sunk by the Kalser Wilhelm dor Gronse before the former palatial North Ger- man Lioyd Hner, transformed into @ kcout cruiser, was sent to the bottom off the African coast by the [nglish Hight uiser Highflyer, The sinking ree British ships by the Kaiser became known only , when it was reported that the s of the Tubaleain, Nyanza were landed the island of Gran C aries, following t ships by the Kaiser W DR. WM. OSLER URGES BRITISH GOVERNMENT To VACCINATE ARMY. LONDON, ..ug. 29.—Dr. William Osler sends a letter to Times urging the emphatle necessity of enforcing compul | sory typhoid vaccination tn the British rmy. He says that in war the microbo Ils mor the bullet, and adds that j the experience of the American army hows the remarkable value of typhoid vaccination, \ sinking of those | Wherm der Grows GREATEST BATTLES IN WAR-HISTORY By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE VIVID WORD PICTURES OF THE MOST DECISIVE CONFLICTS IN THE ANNALS OF WARFARE, WILL BEGIN IN MONDAY’S EVENING WORLD. ‘ Oddities in the War News||WOMEN IN CREPE, OF ALL NATIONS, JOIN PEACE PARADE Italians, Chinese, Americans, French and Others in Line. Russians, To the ominous beat of muffled drums, thousands of women paraded | down Fifth avenue this afternoon in an organized protest against war, Every woman In the slow-moving line wore some badge of mourning, either a band of black around her sleeve or a bit of crepo Muttering at her breast, asa token of the black death which Is hovering over the European battle- fields. The demonstration, which was made under the auspices of the Women's Peace Parade Committes, called to the ranks of the marchers women of many races not only from this city but from neighboring towns up the river and in New Jersey, All sac- tions of the city were reprosented, from Fifth avenue and Riverside Drive to Rivington street and tho Bowery, There were German, French, Italians, Russia Austrians and English. As they marched there was no sound save the shuffle of count less feat and the throb of the muffled drums. The parade started at Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street, It was led by a detachment of of mounted police, and then came Miss Alice Carpenter, all in white, with @ black brassard on her sleeve, She carried a large white banner bearing the word PEACE in gold and with a white dove at the tip of the staff, ‘The two) cords leading from the banner were arried by Miss Florence Woolston | reached Paris, the little village of F BELGIUM Only 30 Men Left Alive Of British Force of 2, 000 LONDON, Aug. 29.—The Chronicle's Boulogne correspondent gaat the personal story of a wounded soldier who has arrived there and who ée clared he was one of thirty survivers of a British company of 2,000 whe were practically wiped out by the German artillery. His story follows: “We were five solid days in the trenches and moved backward and for ward all that time with the varying tide of battle. “It was about 2 o'clock in the morning when the end came. Things had got quieter and our officers came along the line and told us to gst some sleep, We were preparing to obey, when a light or something eles gave us away and we found ourselves in an inferno of bullets. . “We could do nothing. Down upon us the shrapnel hailed and we fell by the score. Practically at the same time the enemy's Maxims opened fre. We were almost without shelter when we were caught and we crawled along in front to find cover. n i “‘Leave everything and retire’ was the order, and we did wpat vee could see not more than thirty men at the most were left out of about 2,000. 7 wandered away from the others and eventually found myself ry with a single companion. That was the first time the Germas artillery really got at.us. Asa rule their gun fire was mighty poor.” In the above story the censor ellded the name of the town gear which this fighting occurred. Phone Girl Keeps Post As Town Is Bombarded © dl PARIS, Aug. 29 (Associated Press). | left in the hands of a youpg girl, whe According to information which has| stuck to her post whil lls were bursting all around the telephone @f- fice and who called up Verdun every 7) fifteen minutes to give an account af what was going on, The Director of Posts at V. was listening to a message being by this girl when suddenly she in« oe terrupted her communication to “A bomb has just fallen in ‘ta Etain, near Longwy, France, has been subjected to two bombardments by the Germans. One took place Mon- day of this week and the other Tues- day. Tho second bombardment set the town on fire, and many people jare sald to have perished in the office.” flames, This was the last mi vor The telephone service of Etain was| received from the plucky ait % ) kK How Machine Guns M ¢4 spondent of the Telegraph at Arras,| “Tho British were without artineey!?! apital of the Department of Pas-de- | or machine guns, but they had orders a ing in the vicinity of Cambral, under saan they tried. They fo Thursday's date, He says: reo hours Rey ig iad + “T met them tine lowly bee be by the Germans despite the efforts of | fore a body of the English, The defense of the fron- fn retirement. wan ‘conducted ully and coolly and wit the assist until twelve hours ago, intrusted to “! the British, who did all in their power |! the nick of time, 3 “There ts now a sufficient foree to conditions were unfavorable, and Bethune, twenty miles to the ‘The force opposed was one of the! northwest, but it 1® not unlikely that th in the world, consisting of a cavalry| POTtONs of this northwest territory must be abandoned, division, supported by a battalion of re much alarmed and many are flee. guns. So rapid and audacious are Its every rumor of the nabies a movements that in four days cavairy h. The panic and stam| confusion and hampers along the road from Lille to Cam- operations.” the aatary LONDON, Aug. 29.—The corre-) bral. Calais, sends an account of the fight-| to hold Cambrat at all costs. Heaven g it for then © nt “Cambrat was occupied yeaterday mat them rete guns, which decimated ’t thet ane tler from Lille to Valenciennes was, ance of Belgian troops, who came up fo halt the advance of the enemy, but | op 5o59 any further attack oo Arras | most highly trained and best equipped] for strategic purposes some “The people of the entire vicinity infantry with artillery and machine Mn has appeared at ulinost every point! of the civilians ts the cause of much |TITLED ENGLISHWOMEN contraat to the red buttons they wore Two hundred and fifty colored wo- and Miss Rose Young Mrs, Henry Villard, the committee, marched ne after her came the Bxecut! Denver, M chairman of mittee; Mixa Lilian T *| Lillian Wald Brannan, Mrs, Je Winters and Miss Katherine Leckie Then came the Boy Scouts with thelr muffled drums, beating tho| | measure of the solem the drums marched th Atter| io , eace Com mitteo of Two Hund | whose Jranks were Miss Mary S| Mra. | James Lees Laidlaw, Mra, Charlotte | Perkins Gilman, Mrs, Mary Ware Dennett and Mrs, Bertha Malley Mme. Worska of the French Thea- tre, who arrived from Helium week, led the next divis | number of refugees who arrived tos {day on the Olympic and others who » within the last few marched the Socialists, in Mined wikh Grape siseamers tn 4 and Chil n with al ty en, 1 taod b: Miss Rosalie Cnet ata ating division of autor] WHITE CREPE ARMBAND, mobiles carrying the mothers with young to be asked to par. n came & number of Indian nso women, d which fell in fom th the paral Union + ible te LONDON, Aug. 29.—The Chirentete has roceived a. letter signed by S90 women title and addressed to the pres: he women all bave near relge ty rving with the colors, mamy of whom are with the British army now ‘ fighting on the northeast frontier of j France, The letter says: 8 t 4 e the paraders dis- was « large crow 1| start to fl ave for AMERICANS PRO} EST AGAINST QUICK SALES | OF PRIZE VESSELS. | ‘We know not what ther fate has | been or may be, but, tf ft ts thelr fortune to dle for their country, @e shall wear @ white band round the arm to mark both our loss and our grief, But it will do mc. .; it will exe press the pride we feel in knowing: | that those who were nearest to us and. dearest have given thelr lives ta P| vuntry’s cause,” : 4 “ The letter is signed Evelyn ona of dollars of goods selucd on beard Pembroke, Edith German ebips, LONDON, 29 (Associated Press)