THE USEFUL MONITOR
BRITISH ADMIRALTY HAS BUILT A LARGE NUMBER • VEILED HINT OF A FUTURE ~ HAPPENING. (Received October 9, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Bth October. A. H. Pollen, a naval writer, in Land and Water, hints that since the Admiralty proved the usefulness of monitors in August, 1914, on the Belgian coast, it has built a large number, so constructed as to defy mines and torpedoes. They carry guns capable of coping with the German coastal batteries. During the recent bombardment of the Belgian coast German reports placed the number of bombarding vessels at thirty, principally monitors. Mr. Pollen adds : " The Germans are much alive to the danger of a landing on a grand scale following up these bombardments." HESPERIAN HEROES PRESENTATION TO OFFICERS. (Received October 9, 2.45 p.m.) LONDON, 9tk October. Mr. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, has made presentations to the captain and officers of the Hesperian in recognition of 'their heroism.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 86, 9 October 1915, Page 6
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