Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1914 — British Cruisers Beaten. [ARTICLE]

British Cruisers Beaten.

Sau Francisco, Sept. B.—The first naval engagement in far Eastern waters prior to August 9'resulted in the British cruisers Lancashire and Hampshire being badly battered by the German cruisers Gneisenau/ and Schornhorst, according to advices received when the steamship China arrived. On August 9 the British criusers steamed Into Hongkong with hulls riddled, superstructures shot away, the decks running red with blood and many of the crew dead.