NAVAL OPERATIONS.

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 62, 14 March 1916, Page 5

NAVAL OPERATIONS.

GERMAN FLEET PREPARING TO MOVE.

READY TO RISK DESTRUCTION

AT DEADLY COST TO BRITAIN.

(Received March. 14, 0.45 a.m.) LONDON^ Mai-ch 13. The Daily AfMil's llotterdain correspondent says that) the German' fleet is preparing to move, acting on the theory "hat if Germany loses the war she will lose her floet; therefore, its destruction must Jirst oost the enemy an enormous sacrifice-

The niiival staff believe that the German fleet v»n doal; Britain a severe, if not a deadly, t hlqw. They hope that with Choir super-submarines they van strike effectively. The German loss in submarines during the last few months is creator than they care to confess. The main difficulty is lack of efficient crews.