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GERMAN FLEET COMES OUT.

•ENEMY ACTIVITY IN NORTH SEA, j AVOID ENGAGEMENT. j TWO BRITISH CRUISERS SUNK. GERMANS CLAIM OTHER HITS. The High Commissioner reports:—LONDON, August 21 (1.5 p.m. The Admiralty announces considerable enemy activity in the North Sea on Saturday.' The German High Sea Fleet came out, but learning, by their scouts that the British forces were considerable avoided engagement and returned to port. "In searching for the enemy, we lost the light cruisers Nottingham (5440 ■ tons) and Falmouth (5250 tons). All officers of the former were saved. Thirtyeight of the crew are missing, All the Falmouth's crew were saved. "An enemy submarine was destroyed and another rammed and possibly stink. The German statement that a British destroyer was sunk and a battleship damaged, is untrue, CRUISERS SUNK BY SUBMARINE. REPORT SUBSTANTIATED. (Australian niul'N.Z, Cahle Association), Received August 21, at 7,0 p.m. LONDON, August 21'. The Admiralty reports: The German Fleet came out in the North Sen on Saturday and submarined the light cruisers Nottingham and Falmouth. GERMAN WIRELESS REPORT. CRUISER SUNK AND BATTLESHIP DAMAGED. (Australian and X.Z. Cable Association). Received August 21, at 7.0 p.m. LONDON, August 21. A Berlin wireless message states: The German Admiralty announces that a submarine sank a small cruiser and damaged a battleship and a cruiser, SIXTEEN WARSHIPS OUT, DUTCH REPORTS. (Australian and X.Z. Calile Association), Received August 22, 1.0 a.m. LONDON, August 21. The Rotterham correspondent of the Daily Tciegraph slates that trawlers off'the Dutch coast on Saturday morning met a squadron of sixteen German warships, accompanied by two Zeppelins,

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North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13653, 22 August 1916, Page 3

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GERMAN FLEET COMES OUT. North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13653, 22 August 1916, Page 3

GERMAN FLEET COMES OUT. North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13653, 22 August 1916, Page 3