HELIGOLAND ACTION ORDERED BY ADMIRALTY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 6

HELIGOLAND ACTION ORDERED BY ADMIRALTY.

OFFICERS AND MEN COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY. London, October 23. Admiralty reports of the Heligoland engagement show that the reconnaissance was carried out upon direct instructions from the Admiralty. Rear-Admiral Beatty's despatch states that after the action the ships retired in accordance with Admiral Jellieoe's orders. The despatches reveal that submarines were chiefly instrumental in gaining the information upon which the operations were based. Admiral Beatty has mentioned in despatches a number of officers and men, including Commander Rose, of the warship Laurel, who, although wounded in both legs during the Heligoland engagement, remained on the bridge for many hours, displaying great devotion: Deputy-Commander "N'ede, of the Goshawk, who was instrumental in sinking a German destroyer: Lieutenant Falkner, of the Laertes, who continued to fight his guns after he had been wounded; Petty-Officer Naylor, of the Laertes, who fired the torpedo which sank the Mainz; Seaman Palmer, of the Laurel, who continued to fight his gun till we finished the action, although he had been severely wounded; and PettyOfficer Beadle, of the Liberty, who remained at the wheel over an hour after lie had been wounded in the back.