THE WAR AT SEA.
1914. Aug. 28—Battle near Heligoland. _ Nov. I—Action off Coast of Chili. British cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth sunk. Dec. B—Engagement near Falkland Islands. German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gne.isenaju, Leipzig and »■!"■ Nurnburg sunk. ; IDIS. Jan. 25—Engagement in North Sea, German armoured cruiser Blucher sunk. February 18—German . submarine campaign opens. , May 7—-Sinking' of the Lusitania; 1100 lives lost. 1916. March 23—British raid on Sehleswig coast. German destroyer sunk.. May 31—Great battle- off coast of 'Jutland. .British lose three battle cruisers, three armoured cruisers and eight destroyers. German losses, two battleships, '' '/' two battle cruisers, four cruisers, /'•nine destroyers and one suh- ■ marine. • Aug. 20—British cruisers Nottingham and Falmouth sunk in'North Sea. One enemy submarine sunk, ' ' another damaged. Aug. 23—German dreadnought torpedoed by British submarine. Oct. 26—German destroyers raid 'Channel shipping- Two British and two enemy destroyers sunk. .1917. April 20—Destroyer action in Dover Strait. Two enemy destroyers bu:ilc. " 1513. ■, Anril 22—Naval raid blocks Zee- " brugge canal exit, but fails at Ostcnd.. May 9—Ostend entrance blockedJuno 10—Italian torpedo, boats sink ten Austrian dreadnoughts' off coast of Dalmhtia. Nov. 21—German fleet surrendered.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18132, 25 June 1919, Page 7
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180THE WAR AT SEA. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18132, 25 June 1919, Page 7
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