NAVAL SKIRMISH OFF THE BELGIAN COAST.
GERMAN DESTROYERS DRIVEN TO THEIR PORTS. / ENEMY MINE-LAYER BLOWN UP OFF SWEDEN. jVv LONDON. MAY 17. ■Jk ' It is officially announced that a short engagement was fought ::|v; on the Belgian coast on Tuesday afternoon between British destroyers '£ and monitors and German destroyers. The .enemy withdrew to -^J. : ■ Belgian coast ports. There were no British casualties. i ' •, A Copenhagen message states that a German minelayer was blown ' ' up off Falsterbo, in the extreme south of Sweden, by one of its ',; own mines. One man waß killed... Several of the crew were rescued.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16233, 19 May 1916, Page 5
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98NAVAL SKIRMISH OFF THE BELGIAN COAST. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16233, 19 May 1916, Page 5
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