RECENT CHANNEL RAID.
ANSWER TO CRITICISM. LONDON, February 21. In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Dr. J. T. Macnamara (Parliamentary Under Secretary to the j Admiralty) said it was not desirable to give information regarding the recent German raid in the English Channel. The contention that German raiders and submarines could operate successfully in tho Channel and Straits of Dover was entirely unjustified by the facts. No matter how completely we controlled the eea the Navy could not always prevent j surh attacks on a dark night. Thf> Admiralty had every reason to be satisfied with the results achieved in recent weeks by the admiral commandbff at Daws*--<Eeuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 46, 22 February 1918, Page 5
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