EFFECTS OF BOMBARDMENT OF ZEEBRUGGE.
POET, SUBMARINES, AND AIRSHIPS SUFFER. -—-~ m ~ _ « EVIDENCE FROM A DUTCH SOURCE. Amsterdam, September 9. The Telegraaf contradicts the German account which minimised the effect of the bombardment of Zeebrugge, on the Belgian coast. The Telegraaf says the British fleet at short distance tired 60 shells. Forty persons were killed, and 100 wounded. The bombardment destroyed the port for submarines, together with two submarines, and also two guns on the harbour wall, damaged a third gun, and badly damaged a central shed containing two airships. (
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16020, 11 September 1915, Page 8
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89EFFECTS OF BOMBARDMENT OF ZEEBRUGGE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16020, 11 September 1915, Page 8
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