(Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.)

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 June 1916, Page 3

(Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.)

DETAILS OF THii- SEA i FIGHT. London, June t>. Thompson, physical instructor on the Invincible, and one oi the five survivors, states that ship led the battle line into action. He was in the fore control with the gunnery commander, Dann-Reuther. The first salvo at 12,500 yards emashedi tue bows of a big four-funnelled cruiser, which was invisible after the smoKe and spraycleared. The Invincible then altered her course to fight the big ships which were approaching in single line ancad and engaged them at Byl)t> yards, firing salvo after salvo into one of the leaders believed to be the JAindenburg. i'lie enemy ship must have sustained very heavy damage. The invincible was trying to give the finishing stroke when she herself was blown up. The ship seemed to open jiEe a big furnace. The majority of the men were insensible when killed. Thompson and Dann-Keuther fell mto the sea with the mast and they and three others clung to a target practice raft tor an hour before being picked up. Thompson -says the Germans handled their ships welV but were outmanoeuvred ,and no match lor the British gunners. The Uermans were disorgan i>txl at the finish. Amsterdam, June (3. A German torpedoer lias arrived at Zeebrugge. She was badly batttered, and had holes in her while tho si.bit urines deck was swept clean. "ENGLAND ISN'T BEATEN.' ' During the budget debate in Uie Reichstag. Prince von liethman-Holl-veg said that the A Hies rejected the Germans' peace terms in Decernbr, hoping that the war map woukl change in their favour. But it changed: in Germany's favour, notably at Kut-el-Amara and Verdun® and by J AustriaV advance into Italy, and the I collapse of the Russian offensive in March, and the Jutland naval battles. "If our enemies shut tiieir eyes to the war map, we music, wilil, and shall fight for final victory. - We didi what we could to pave the way lor peace, but our enemies repelled us with scorn." Prince von Hollwegg promise 1 that 1 the censorship oi political matters would be the lightest possible, aiiti .he ' coneiuded: ''Our navai victory will lot tempt us to boast. England ;sn't beaten, but the victory enables Germany to guarantee the freedom ot the seas in future to small nations.''

The jtlousu rose, shouting and cheering.