60 British casualties in first naval battle

Two British Naval officers and 27 crew members of have been killed in a battle off the coast Heligoland. 33 men were also wounded in the incident. The men were from HMS's Arethusa, Liberty and Laural.

A semi-official report has come from Berlin regarding the battle reporting the loss of German cruisers Cöln, Ariadne, Mainz and one torpedo were sunk by the British navy.

A sketch from an officer present at the battle depicting the destroyer flotilla destroying a German cruiser. (Image: Illustrated London News [London, England], 5 September 1914)

The combat is said to have lasted eight hours during heavy fog.