TRAWLER REPORTS
A DREADNOJjerH^r^D^STvffE^AI
OTHER SHIPS
TOTAL KILLED 110; WOUNDED <OS
LONDON, Dec. 18.
Our coast defence .system is based on the principle that only ports containing resources of national importance ought to be fortified. Other places, such, as those unlawfully bombarded, should be protected by their unfortified condition. The Hull trawler Cassandra, when 30 miles off Scarborough after the bombard- - ment, .saw a German Dreadnought and seven other warships Tapidly approaching, steaming past Southsea and firing shells which hissed overhead. A British squadron ten miles in the rear followed, firing for half an hour. Graduallv it relinquished the -chase. Correspondents on the East Coast suggest that the Germans followed British trawlers, knowing they would be in a safe position, and would be able to reach England without much danger from minefields. The total East Coast casualties were 110 killed and 405' wounded, including Hartlepool's 83 civilians, eight soldiers and four soldiers.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 19 December 1914, Page 5
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