ON THE SEAS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 269, 30 October 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEAS.

ENEMY’S CHANNEL RAID.

HINDENBURG’S NAVAL PLANS [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.) London, Oct. 28. No further details have been published of the defeat of the attempts of German destroyers to hold up the cross-Channel transport ser- : vice. The Admiralty does not desire the exact locality to be men- , tioned. I It is understood that a German flotilla which usually consists of ten boats came from Zeebrugge. i Germany’s loss of two destroyers brings her loss in destroyers to 30, reckoning 9 as lost in the Jutland battle. The result of the fight shows that Admiral Bacon’s Dover patrol was fully awake. Since early on Friday morning a terrific gale . had been "raging in the Channel. . I In connection with the affair it is recalled that fresh German naval measures have been anticipated since Hindenburg’s assumption of ; the military command. It was asserted that he would not allow the i fleet to remain inactive. They must ■ attempt appreciably to assist the ; German armies. There was good reason to believe that he would intsist on efforts to harass the Channel transport service. | It is noteworthy that the Italian press to-day announces a German . report that Hindenburg’s powers have been further extended, including a powerful measure, of control over tlie navy in order to ensure the co-ordination of the services. Thus Hindenburg has been elevated to an unprecedented position. Hitherto only the Kaiser has combined high naval and military authority.