DER TAG
Thank God, "the Day" is over
First—It was admitted that "the small cruiser Wiesbaden was sunk" and that the Pommern—the character of that ship not being mentioned—had also been destroyed; the light cruiser Frauenlob was "missing," with "some torpedo boats." The rest of the High Seas Fleet, it was declared, "had returned to our harbors."
Second—It had to be confessed that the light cruiser Elbing had been sunk.
Third—A statement was issued to the effect that "one battle cruiser, (the Lützow,) one ship of the line of older construction, (the Pommern,) four smaller cruisers," (the Wiesbaden, Elbing, Frauenlob, and Rostock,) and "five torpedo boats" (really destroyers) represented "the total loss."
Fourth—It is now known that the battle cruiser Seydlitz was run ashore to save her from sinking. It is asserted by travelers who have returned to Amsterdam that the battle cruiser Derfflinger sank "on being towed into Wilhelmshaven," and it is reported from Copenhagen that the Pommern was not the battleship which was torpedoed in the Baltic by a British submarine in July last, but a new battle cruiser which was named after the German State, thus perpetuating its association with the navy. The story of the sinking of the dreadnought battleship Ostfriesland awaits confirmation.
Archibald Hurd
in the London Daily Telegraph.