GERMAN FLOTILLA SUFFERS BADLY
OVER A HUNDRED PRISONERS
(AUBTBALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION AND BEUTER.)
LONDON, 21st April.
The Admiralty reports : Last night. five German destroyers attempted, a raid on Dover, and fired a number of rounds into ploughed fields a few miles from Dover. They then steered in the direction of some of our shipping, possibly .with the intention of atacking it. The enemy then, met two patrol vessels,: which in five minutes sank at least two, and possibly three. The remainder fled; and escaped in the darkness. , . ■ . The British destroyers suffered rio material damage, and the casualties were exceedingly slight in comparison with the results obtained. It was a very fine example of destroyer, work. >' The British saved ten German officers and 108 men belonging to the sunken vessels. ; .
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 96, 23 April 1917, Page 7
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