Feb, 25, Letters from Home contain the Princess Royal the damage to Lion's feed-tank'' he says, "by an unfortunate chance shot, we were undoubtedly deprived of a greater victory. The presence of the enemy's submarines subsequently necessitated the action being broken off. The damage to Lion and Tiger is in neither case serious and repairs can be completed: n a short time. The remainder of the squadron were not hit." The enemy's total force cor of four battle-cruisers the British five) six light cruisers and some destroyers, The disparity of strength hardly seems sufficient to justify the German Admiral's headlong flight. the fuller report of the North Sea engagement by Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty which was promised in telegrams of January 26. From this and from abundant accounts of men on board the British ships it is plain that the description which we produce to-day from the Daily Mail" is not one whit overdrawn.
Besides the Blucher, Sir David Beatty says that the German prisoners reported also that the (light cruiser) Kolberg had been sunk by over-salvoes from our squadron when last seen by H.M.S. Aurora, the Kolberg wus in a helpless and sinking condition. There is also no question but that the battle-cruisers Seydlitz and Derfilinger were seriously damaged. Against this, the Lion and the destroyer Meteor (which had had to act the dangerous part of a decoy ship) were damaged, but only as to be easily repaired, and losses in" men were fourteen killed and Sir David Tu passing one may note from these reports the utter mendacity of the repeated German aaser tions that a British battle-cruiser had been sunk in this action—assertions to which the enemy stuck.even after the Admiralty had published its account of the exact condition of the British shins on reaching port. The "Deutscher Uberseedienst"' did not hesitate to say that the battle-cruiser in question was the Tiger. regardless of the fact that it had already once ''sunk'' that unfortunate ship some ten days before the North Sea fight. What is the world to think of these official German reports, which try to set off the loss of the Blicher against an imaginary battle-cruiser; which has '"'annihilated" the Tenth Russian Army, in contrast with Petro-arad's frank admission of the loss of moat of an army corps; and now claims to have sunk a transport full of troops—a faleehood very snoodly nailed to the counter by Paris. If it be said says that the enemy were first sighted fourteen miles east-south-east of the—battle-cruiser dron, and he thereupon ed south-east in the hope of cutting them off. The situation ily developed into a stern speed was worked up to and 29 knots, and at 18.000 ards fire was opened. The Tiger and Lion drew ahead of the rest of the squadron, and at that in all these stories we have bnt one version against another, this fact will also be remembered: that British, French and Russians admit reverses as they come, but Germans never. And the only conclusion one can arrive at is that they dare not.
Tet the world at large brand them liars through and through let it be said and felt that Germany's word will never again b>
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