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FINE EXAMPLE OF DESTROYER WORK. ATTEMPTED RAID ON DOVER Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Router. Admiralty, per Wireless Press. LONDON, April 23. (Received April 22, at 5.5 p.m.) Last night five German destroyers attempted a raid on Dover. They fired a number of rounds into ploughed fields a few miles from Dover, and then steered in the direction of some of our shipping, possibly with the intention of attacking it. They were met by two patrol vessels winch, in five minutes sank at least two and possibly three of them. The remainder fled, escaping in the darkness. The British patrols suffered no material damage, and the casualties were exceedingly slight in comparison with the results obtained. It was a very fine example of destroyer work. We saved 10 German officers and 95 men from the sunken vesLONDON, April 22. Received April 23, at 0.45 a.m.) The Admiralty reports that the Germans saved in the Dover engagement were 10 officers and 108 men.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16985, 23 April 1917, Page 5
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