SEYDLITZ AND DERFLINGER.
REACHED SAFETY BARELY AFLOAT. POWER OF BRITISH GUNS. THEIR TERRIFIC EFFECT. LONDON, January 29. (Received Jan. 29, at 11.20 p.m.) It is reported that the Seydlitz and Derflinger got home little more than afloat. The former was on fire. The Derflinger had every gun out of action and was damaged astern by a torpedo. Narratives of the Blucher survivors show how the British broadsides made the ship reel. The guns were torn from their settings, and whole gun crews hurled to destruction. The men were swept from the deck like flies, and everywhere blood trickled and flowed. Shells burst in the interior of the vessel in a halo of flame. Those in authority lost their heads, and their nerves were not able to stand the strain.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16295, 30 January 1915, Page 9
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