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that we, according to trustworthy eyewitnesses, had lost no less than 22 ships. The English, in their frustration and shame, must have seen double. They seem to derive some reassurance from the fact that we did not reveal any new weapons, or new ammunition or other such surprises in this battle, which one had to expect from us devilish Huns. What a solace!
The lost naval battle is not the only misfortune to befall the English in these days; almost as bad is the death of Lord Kitchener, reported the day before yesterday. This loss is significant and at least as big as lost battle, because K. was the organiser of the new English army and one could almost say he was the only professional soldier that England has produced. Kitchener, said to be en route to Russia, sank with the “Hampshire”, which ran into a mine near the Orkney Islands. The “Hampshire” participated in the battle of Jutland, as the dispatches reveal,