Fighting by Land, Sea and Air.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6499, 28 September 1915, Page 3

Fighting by Land, Sea and Air.

Ilcc Sept '27, 7 p m l\otteidaiUj Sept TJ6 Oil yafenvday tl\e battle raged over !l.wide area, all uruis beiug engaged, «wuUaueous tighting taking plauo by lww, sea uuil nir.

, liehvucn ouo aud (eu iv the moruJuj; tkc British squadron bombarded v <mous ports o .u tho Belgian coast, "leladlug the eucmy treuches at the **wanl cud of rJicir liuc übove Aieuport, the Frcnuh heavy batteries a ««no also swecpiHg the line. i-hc Bnti^h ships uLso ssliclled the "winau positious at Soiist, Duiiiberf" and Kuockc, as "well as the postal batteries on the sand-duiie* Ottt thti »>uccli frontier to Westeudc

Ships Approach in Misty Rain. llicrc was a misty rain to cover the ships' approach, and the first notice cf their presence was shells bursting ashore. la intensity and dutatiou all previous bombardments were surpassed, and many shells fell inland between Zeebrugge and Law saweghe, several columns of blaok smoke towering into the air, The bombardment of Zaebruggo harbour was particularly severe, and foiled the attempt of the submarines to steal out.

Tho Allies' airmen, voder cover of the mist, successfully bombed the Guhmq positions, and German aeropbnes wore driven back to their own lines.