I Saw Beatty Triumph - The Blücher Sunk, by an Officer of HMS Aurora | 24 January 1915 | Episode 56
Published on 24 January 1915
This vivid account of the naval battle of the Dogger Bank is written by an officer who was on board the Aurora, the light cruiser which first sighted the German fleet and fired the first shot. He relates the progress of the battle which led to the wounding of the Lion, Beatty's flagship, and the historic sinking of the German battle-cruiser Blücher. Hundreds of the German crew were drowned, and the British efforts at rescue were called off owing to attacks by a German Zeppelin.