SINKING OF GERMAN DESTROYERS.
enj?w;fqrced to fight.
FACE Ti±E ODDS BRAVELY.
(Receirec! .■Qcb'2o, 6.15 p:m.> . iLONDON, Oct. 19, Details of rehe sinking of the four {$3erraan destroyers show that by fin© .seamanship tli<s. u enemy were compelled " ( tjD. figlit. Tliey faced ithe odds bravely, and opened &re.at..a range of five niUes. Then. th.c Britishers closed in anfi began a riming figlvt. Wliilo the cruiser Uiidatmted "devotes her attention ±p;two of the destroyers the Briti»k destroyers made ;fine practice on thfi ptiiers. The Jioyal quickly shot |f)wn t^e funnel >and' wi;eel of one, **d' Lance, jLegion, and Lennox jba-ttercd the .other.
The German gunnery is tjfc>eril>ert jas poor, land the British destroyers /escaped aliwost unscathed. After half an hour's %'hting tlie first; of the enemy's craft"sank, : umt ,at intervals tViie others i'oflowed, .stiJl gamely and nia.s»tainii^? ifcheir fire until the end. The affair lasted ninety mVfivvites.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 248, 21 October 1914, Page 5
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145SINKING OF GERMAN DESTROYERS. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 248, 21 October 1914, Page 5
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