BRITAIN'S NAVY
ATTACK BY GERMAN SUBMARINES. ONE OF THE LATTER SUNK. PARIS, 9th Aug. t (Morning). . The Admiralty states that German submarines yesterday attacked one of the cruiser squadrons of the main Fleet. No British ships were damaged. The German submarine Uls was sunk. [The submarine Uls was a vessel of 800 tons, and carried two guns. On the surface she could do 17 knots, and submerged she was capable of maintaining a speed of 12 knots.] THE NORTH SEA HELD FIRMLY BY BRITAIN. NO FIGHTING 31EP0RTED BY ADMIRALTY. (Received August 11, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 10th August. The Daily Mail says that the British Fleet holds the North Sea firmly. All maritime approaches to Germany are now closed. No fighting is reported by the Admiralty. GERMAN WARSHIPS PASS THE GREAT BELT. . SAILING NORTHWARDS. LONDON, 10th Aug. (Morning). Fourteen German warships passed the Great' Belt, sailing northwards to Sveaborg, in the Gulf of Finland. The German warships have laid a line of mines in the Kattegat.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1914, Page 7
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165BRITAIN'S NAVY Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1914, Page 7
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