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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Heligoland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, "Halund") is a small, German, triangular-shaped island approximately 2 km long, though a smaller island east of it is usually also included.
		The islands (population 1,650) are located in the Heligoland Bight or German Bight in the south-east corner of the North Sea, approximately two hours' sailing time from the mouth of the river Elbe.
		Heligoland is located 70 km from the German coast line, and actually consists of two islands: The populated 1.0 km² main island (Hauptinsel) to the west and the Düne to the east, which is somewhat smaller at 0.7 km², as well as lower, and surrounded by sand beaches.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/he/Heligoland (584 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Heligoland
		Heligoland is located 70 km (44 miles) from the German coast line and actually consists of two islands: the populated triangular-shaped 1 kmÂ² (0.4 sq mi) main island (Hauptinsel) to the west and the DÃ¼ne ("dune,"?title=Heligolandic: de Halem) to the east.
		The island of Heligoland is a geological oddity; the presence of the main island's characteristic red sedimentary rock in the middle of the German Bight is unusual.
		Heligoland is now a holiday resort and enjoys a tax-exempt status, and consequently, much of the economy is founded on sales of cigarettes, alcoholic beverages and perfumes to tourists that visit the islands.
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	Heligoland Bight - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		- The naval battle known as that of Heligoland Bight was fought in the Bight on Aug. 28 1914.
		When, at noon, it was clear that battle cruisers had entered the Bight, the German submarines were ordered by the chief of the ist Submarine Flotilla to attack the enemy in the vicinity of Heligoland, but as the enemy was 35 m.
		The latter policy was adopted and mines began to be laid to the W. of Heligoland in September 1914.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Heligoland_Bight (3842 words)

	Heligoland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Heligoland (in German Helgoland and in North Frisian Lun Hålilönj) is a small German triangular-shaped island approximately 2 km long a smaller island east of it is also included.
		Heligoland is located 70 km from the German coast line and consists of two islands: The populated 1.0 main island (Hauptinsel) to the west and the Düne to the east which is somewhat at 0.7 km² as well as lower surrounded by sand beaches.
		The first naval engagement of the the Battle of Heligoland Bight was fought nearby in the first of the war.
	www.freeglossary.com /Heligoland (1000 words)

	World War One Battles
		The Battle of Charleroi, one of the Battles of the Frontiers, was one of the key battles on the Western Front in 1914, and one of the early major German victories.
		The Battle of Le Cateau was essentially a rearguard action fought by the British in late August 1914, during the general Allied retreat along the Western Front in the face of sustained German successes at the four Battles of the Frontiers.
		The battle began with a nine-day German offensive that was only halted with the arrival of French reinforcements and the deliberate flooding of the Belgian front.Belgian troops opened the sluice gates of the dykes holding back the sea from the low countries.
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	Battle of Heligoland Bight (The), by Eric W. Osborne - Military Ink
		The battle of Heligoland Bight was the first major action between the British and German fleets during World War I. The British orchestrated the battle as a warning to the German high command that any attempt to operate their naval forces in the North Sea would be met by strong British resistance.
		Heligoland Island guarded the entrance to the main German naval anchorage at Kiel.
		Initial British damage was significant; however, fearing that the protracted battle would allow the bulk of the German fleet to join the battle, the British brought in their battle cruiser reinforcements and won the day, inflicting heavy losses on the Germans.
	www.militaryink.com /books/2006/june/0253347424.htm (260 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Battle of Heligoland Bight
		The First Battle of Heligoland Bight was a naval battle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914.
		The Harwich Force of two light cruisers, HMS Arethusa and HMS Fearless, and 31 destroyers, under the command of Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt, made a raid upon the German navy patrols west of the German naval base at Heligoland.
		SMS Frauenlob suffered severe damage herself and retreated to Heligoland, but SMS Mainz, arriving on the battlefield from Emden, found herself between Tyrwhitt's and Goodenough's forces and was sunk after a long and valiant battle.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight (478 words)

	Beatty's Intervention at the Battle of Heligoland Bight - World War 1 Naval Combat (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Beatty's Intervention at the Battle of Heligoland Bight
		The Battle of Heligoland Bight was a clear victory for the British, the Germans had lost three light cruisers (Mainz, Ariadne and Cöln) and a torpedo boat (V-187) and over 1200 men whilst the British had suffered no ships sunk and only 35 killed.
		Frauenlob was to be sunk by a torpedo form the British light cruiser HMS Southampton at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 which was took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight although the two ships did not meet in the earlier battle.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /heligoland-bight-3.html (580 words)

	Battle of Heligoland Bight the Light Forces Action - World War 1 Naval Combat
		G-194 reported the presence of the submarine and the V Torpedo Boat Flotilla was sent from Heligoland to hunt for submarines.
		Tyrwhitt on the light cruiser HMS Arethusa had become concerned that HMS Laurel and her division were becoming detached from his force so after a failed attempt to recall them he set off after them as the German V Torpedo Boat Flotilla was arriving for their expected submarine hunt.
		Fearless did not follow, as her orders were to continue the sweep of Heligoland Bight.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /heligoland-bight-2.html (1080 words)

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		The Germans were using flotillas of destroyers to patrol the Bight, but British submarines had figured out the times and courses used when the patrols changed.
		After several embarrassing incidents at sea, including a destroyer attack on a friendly steamer and one engagement where a single German light cruiser has put a British light cruiser and 16 destroyers into full flight, the British decided it was time to take the offensive.
		The destroyers were ordered to return to the Bight, and some were soon in action against the Mainz.
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	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Heligoland Bight, 1914
		Designed by the British as a means of attacking German patrols in the north-west German coast, the encounter at Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914 comprised the first naval battle of the war.
		Commander Tyrwhitt was charged with leading the Harwich Force of two light cruisers, Fearless and Arethusa, accompanied by two flotillas of 31 destroyers, 1st and 3rd Flotillas, in a raid upon German shipping located close to the German naval base at Heligoland.
		Acting as cover for Tyrwhitt's force was the First Battle Cruiser Squadron, recently arrived from Scapa Flow and under the command of Vice Admiral Beatty.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/heliogoland.htm (353 words)

	Battle of Heligoland Bight
		She was the first of a new class of 'light armoured cruiser', later re-classified to light cruiser, designed to work with destroyers.
		Arethusa had only been in service a couple of days before the Battle of Heligoland Bight but despite the risk of teething problems she was so much faster, better armed and protected than Tyrwhitt's previous flagship, HMS Amethyst, that he took the risk.
		British submarine patrols in the Heligoland Bight region in August 1914 had noticed that German torpedo boats patrolled this area supported by light cruisers in two shifts of a day and night group.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /heligoland-bight.html (817 words)

	Battle of Heligoland Bight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its actions were to be coordinated with a submarine force commanded by Commodore Roger Keyes.
		The Admiralty's failure to inform Tyrwhitt and Keyes of this change in plans later caused considerable confusion on the battlefield.
		In the early hours on 28 August, the Harwich Force encountered the first German torpedo boats west of Heligoland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight (491 words)

	The Battle of the Otranto Straits: Controlling the Gateway to the Adriatic in World War I (Twentieth Century Battles) - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One of those areas was the Adriatic, where the Austro-Hungarian navy battled the combined naval forces of the British, the French, and the Italians.
		In it he gives a very detailed and tactical account of how the battle in 1917 unfolded and by this he shows how many of the tactical convoy and naval battles would be like in World War II.
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	Battle of Heligoland Bight
		The Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first naval engagement of the First World War, on 28 August 1914.
		The Harwich Force of two light cruisers, HMS Fearless[?] and HMS Arethusa[?], accompanied by 31 destroyers, made a raid upon German shipping located close to the German naval base at Heligoland.
		Acting as cover for the Harwich Force was the First Battle Cruiser Squadron, recently arrived from Scapa Flow and under the command of Vice Admiral Beatty.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight.html (257 words)

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		Generally, battle cruisers were similar in layout and armament to battleships but with significantly less armour allowing for gains in speed.
		The Lion class battle cruisers were an improved development on the previous Invincible and Indefatigable classes of first generation battle cruisers.
		At the Battle of Jutland she had fired about 150 13.5 in shells and scored 4 hits on the German battklecrusier SMS Seydlitz, nvertheless the Seydlitz hit back.
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	Battle of Heligoland Bight (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first naval battle of the First World War originated in a British plan to attack German patrols in the Heligoland Bight, of the north-west coast of Germany.
		Tyrwhitt entered the Bight in the early hours of 28 August and the action began at 7.00am when two German torpedo boats were sunk.
		During the morning's running battle four of Tyrwhitt's ship were hit repeatedly and the whole force was now outgunned.
	www.westernfrontassociation.com.cob-web.org:8888 /thegreatwar/articles/timeline/heligoland.htm (319 words)

	Battle of Dogger Bank (1915): (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle fought near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea that took place on 24 January 1915, during the First World War, between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet.
		The Germans took the lessons of the battle to heart, particularly the damage to the Seydlitz which revealed flaws in the protection of her magazines.
		Although the battle was not greatly consequential of itself, it boosted British morale.
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	Heligoland History and Postal Rates
		A song was written to commemorate the 100th anniversary and was printed on a postcard in 1926.
		1914-1918—In 1914, the first sea battle of World War I was fought near Heligoland, called by the British, "the battle of Heligoland Bight." The German navy turned the island into a submarine base.
		By agreement with the British, Heligoland became a postal dependency of Hamburg and used Hamburg stamps from sometime after they were introduced in 1859 (earliest known use: summer of 1862) until Heligoland began to issue its own on March 21st, 1867.
	www.fritzwagner.com /helgoland/helgoland_history_and_postal_rates.html (1095 words)

	Battle of Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914
		The bay was approached through the Heligoland Bight, the area of sea off the mouth of the Elbe, named after the island of Heligoland, thirty miles off the coast.
		The battle was portrayed as a major victory in Britain, the Royal Navy having sunk three cruisers and a destroyer for no loss, just off the German coast.
		Its main impact was to confirm the Kaiser in his determination not to risk the High Seas Fleet in any major encounters, and thus to confirm British control of the North Sea, and the security of the blockade of Germany.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_heligoland.html (526 words)

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		Ardennes: (1) Battle of the Ardennes, 1914, (2) Battle of the Frontiers - Lorraine and Ardennes
		Heligoland Bight (Sea battle, August 1914): Battle of Heligoland from Spartacus Educational, (2)
		Battle Ever, (3) Verdun by Lord Northcliffe, (4) Battle of Verdun 1916, (5) Battle of Verdun 1916, (6) Verdun from Spartacus Educational, (7) Verdun 1914 - 1918, (8) 21st February - 18th December 1916 - The Battle of Verdun from Western Front Association
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	Heligoland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Heligoland is located 70 km (44 miles) from the German coast line and actually consists of two islands: the populated triangular-shaped 1 km² (0.4 sq mi) main island (Hauptinsel) to the west and the Düne ("dune," Heligolandic: de Halem) to the east.
		Northwest of the island proper Heligoland's famous landmark is found: The Lange Anna ("Long Anna" or "Tall Anna") which is a free standing new red sandstone rock (or column), 47 metres high and weighing about 25,000 tonnes.
		Heligoland was formerly called Heyligeland, or "holy land," possibly due to the island's long association with the god Forseti.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Heligoland (1582 words)

	Amazon.com: The Battle of Heligoland Bight (Twentieth-Century Battles): Books: Eric W. Osborne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yet the much smaller Battle of Heligoland Bight, which was the first battle between the British and German navies.
		All in all it was a very confused battle on both sides: relatively primitive communications; unfortunate miscommunications; effective British jamming of German transmissions; poor gun accuracy; defective British ordinance (also a big problem at Jutland); inadequate German ordinance; and fog in the days before radar.
		At a result of the battle however, the Germans became reluctant to engage British forces and the German Navy sat idle while the British blockade remained in place and was a major factor in ending the war.
	www.amazon.com /Battle-Heligoland-Bight-Twentieth-Century-Battles/dp/0253347424 (1099 words)

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		During the Battle of Dogger Bank, the after turret of the German flagship Seydlitz was pierced by a British 13.5 inch shell which detonated in the working chamber.
		However, she was cornered by the battleship HMS Duke of York with the heavy cruisers Jamaica, Norfolk and Belfast at the Battle of North Cape and sunk on 26 December 1943.
		Haruna was involved in bombardment operations at Guadalcanal, the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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	The Social Affairs Unit - Web Review: World War One at Sea - the first major battle: The Battle of Heligoland ...
		However, the battle indicated problems with the Royal Navy, especially the general lack of coordination in the Admiralty.
		Osborne argues that the key result of the battle was not that of German losses but, instead, the impact on German morale, and, in particular, the extent to which the cautious use of the fleet was confirmed.
		After the battle, the Kaiser's tight rein on the fleet was frequently in evidence.
	www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk /blog/archives/001127.php (876 words)

	The War Illustrated Newspaper World War 2 Battle of Heligoland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		What was the biggest air battle of the war to date was fought in the skies near Heligoland on December 18th 1939.
		Reaching the Heligoland Bight area, there was not a warship to be seen outside the harbours, but the Germans on this occasion seemed determined to teach their aerial gate-crashers a lesson, and set up a fleet of fighters to engage the ‘Wellingtons’ when they approached their objective at Wilhelmshaven.
		In the Heligoland Bight battle the Wellingtons – 100 miles per hour slower than their adversaries, but with five separate machine-gun position, including two in power-operated turrets-were undaunted by the appearance of the ME 110, but were, on the contrary, eager to match themselves against the enemy’s new weapon.
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	"Gallant Arethusa" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Battle of Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914, was a very welcome victory for the Royal Navy, offsetting the dismal news from the Continent.
		I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that in the case of each ship which was engaged in the recent action in the Heligoland Bight whether damaged or not, the words "Heligoland August 28th.
		Duplicates of this letter are being sent to the Vice Admirals Commanding, 1st., 2nd., 3rd., and 4th., Battle Squadrons, Vice Admirals Commanding Cruiser Force A, Rear Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force K, Admiral of Patrols, and Commodore (T), and Commodore (S).
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