THREE SUNK, ANOTHER BADLY DAMAGED
(Received "April 23, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, 22nd. April. The Germans began the ~ bombardment near Dover at 12.30 in the morning. The concensus of opinion is that the raid was intended as a spectacular coup to interrupt Mr. Lloyd George's return from his continental visit; but it proved premature. • The five destroyers came from Zeebrugge. It is unofficially reported that three of them were sunk, and another was badly damaged. Starshells were used on both sides, and the flash of the guns lit the, surrounding district and awakened the inhabitants. The raid divided itselfc into jtwo parts—a blind rush through the misty night, with the firing of a few * shells haphazard towards the land; and then a scurry back to sea, where {.he British intercepted the enemy and played havoc, with a" superior force. Trawlers have landed thirty dead Germans. (Received April 23, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, 22nd April. There are twenty-two British dead as the result of the destroyer action,
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 96, 23 April 1917, Page 7
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