ATTEMPT TO BOMBARD DURAZZO.
AUSTRIAN SQUADRON CHASED.
(Received Jam' 2. 5.5 p.m.) ROME, Jan. 1. An Austrian cruiser and five destroyers ..^tempted to repeat the^ex- - fcloit of bombarding Durazzo, They were allowed' to approach and open ■fire.. '£hen the Italian, British, and 1 'Ffen'clt cruising squadron appeared. A* seaplane launched from the Ausrtrian cruiser was just in time to notify -that the Allies were coining when a shot .through the motor sent the seavpltm& headlong into the sea. Tile Allies attacked the squadron,
••• while ~fche torpedoers attempted to cut ■btt the retreat The seaplane's warning," however, enabled the Austrians -•■to' flee/ leaving the Triglav and Lika in a .finking condition. Some of the lliikYi's e.rew were made prisoners. The 'IViglav sajik with all hands.
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Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 1, 3 January 1916, Page 5
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124ATTEMPT TO BOMBARD DURAZZO. Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 1, 3 January 1916, Page 5
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