GERMAN WARSHIPS IN NORTH SEA.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 186, 6 August 1914, Page 5

GERMAN WARSHIPS IN NORTH SEA.

BALTIC FLEET OFF DANISH COAST. HIGH SEA FLEET IN SAFER WATERS. (Received 10.15 a.m.) v LONDON, August 5. The Copenhagen correspondent of the "Express" states that the German Baltic Fleet bas passed through the Kiel Canal, and is now massed in the North Sea off Jutland. The Dreadnoughts of the High Sea Fleet remain in less exposed waters to the eastward of Denmark. One squadron guards the entrance to the Great Belt between the Islands of Zealand and Funen, while another is anchored in the Febmern Belt, connecting Kiel Bay with the Baltic Sea. Another authority in the diplomatic service declares that tbe High Sea Fleet has passed through Kiel Canal and is now steaming to the westward. Vice-Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe has assumed command of the Home Fleets, with Rear-Admiral Charles Madden as Chief of Staff. The proclamation of the mobilising or tiie army wat read at the Royal Exchange amidst a scene of great enthusiasm. Ships arriving at the Tyne declare that a battle is proceeding off Flamborough Head, on the coast of Yorkshire, between the French and German Fleets. Russia officially contradicts the destruction of one of her largest cruisers in the Baltic sea fight. The statement says that only a few shots were fired, and r.o casualties were reported. Denmark fears that her territory will be. made the cockpit of the war, and is making every effort to preserve her neutrality.