BRITISH WARSHIP AIDS BOMBARDMENT OF TSING-TAU.
1.• • : GERMAN BARRACKS AND DEFENCE WORKS DAMAGED INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY SEAPI,Aty£B. jj .. ToEio, September 30. • - - ' The Japanese fleet and a British warship bombarded tho two *>;M Tsing-tau forts on Monday. Buildings were demolished, and it is » believed that the barracks and defence works were damaged. On© fort replied ineffectively.' -J , : ' '• vjX/r Mine-sweeping continues to be successfully carried out, idespite. >!' "■ - the firing ashore. One mine-sweeper was hit,, and two sailors wewvr'i ! ■wounded. ' ' •*; ' " ' Seaplanes have tendered invaluable 'assistance in. recompiling;;; It is believed that one destroyed a portion of the defence works with' T a bomb. " .
JAPANESE OCCUPY AN. ADJACENT .HARBOUR. FOUR FIELD GUNS CAPTURED FROM THE ENEMY. ' (Received October 2, 12.30 a.m.) ' Tokio, September 30. - It is officially announced that the Japanese occupiedLao-shan. Harbour, to the east of Kiau-Chau Bay, and captured four field-guns;-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15729, 2 October 1914, Page 5
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