The New Westminster News
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alternative: [New Westminster Daily News]
issued: 2016-06-14
issued: 1914-08-29
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note: I Volume 9, Number > NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST 29,1914. Price Five Cents. GLORIOUS VICTORY WON BY BRITISH NAVYjAP^;gTER Night Attempt to Break Through &i^\^af ^^JT\S^Ul^ Naval Lines off Heligoland Meets With Disastrous Failure For Big Fight Three of the Enemy's Cruisers and Two Destroyers Sunk in the North Sea���British Vessels Suffer But Little, and All Are Afloat���Not a German Cruiser Escaped BufTheir Destroyers Fled to Safety. Ihi London, Aug. Hrltish fleet. US.���The Chronicle says: "A glorious victory has fallen to ^^^^ With all the courage and fearless enterprise that dis- linguished_ our old officer* who many times went Into the very Jaws of the enemy, Hear Admirals Beatty, Christian and Moore, have conducted the combined operations in the Bight of Heligoland, where the enemy had all its strength at command. The triumph was complete. "The German light cruiser Mainz, another of the Koeln class and a third whose name Is unknown, have been destroyed this week as well as two destroyers. Evidently a strong concerted attack hal been planned, just as out old seamen would have planned It, to begin In the dark and reach its decisive point at dawn. The attacking force was the organized battle cruiser squadron. The light cruiser squadron and dest.-0.ver3 and submarine flotillas were engaged. "To Hear Admiral Beatty, the flag officer longest afloat, commanding the Jirst battle cruiser squadron, comprising the t'iagship Lion, Queen Mary, I'rincess Hoyal and New Zealand, fell the opportunity and honor which will make him and his officers and crew the envy of the whole fleet. "The conduct of the operations was under the direction of Sir John .leiiiroe, commander-in-chief. "Sir David Beatty Is one of Ihe most brilliant of our officers and with , him were Hear Admiral Mooro aud Hear Admiral Christian; also Commander Key.-. Commander Tyrwrltt and Commander (.oodenough. 'Complete as was our victory we have suffered little. All our ships and vessels are afl…
note: Titled The Daily News from 1906-03-06 to 1912-04-24; Westminster Daily News from 1912-04-25 to 1912-12-04; and The New Westminster News from 1912-12-05 to 1914-09-04. Published by The Daily News Publishing Company, Limited from 1903-03-06 to 1912-04-24; and The National Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd. from 1912-04-25 to 1914-09-04.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Westminster (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0316092
language: English
lat: 49.206667
long: -122.910556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Westminster, B.C. : The Daily News Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text