AEROPLANES VERSUS DESTROYERS.
ENEMY VESSEL PROSABLY SUNK. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. LONDON, April 25. (Received April 25, at 6.25 p.m.) Threo na-val aeroplanes attacked, five German destroyers between Blankenburg and Zeebrugge. They dropped many bombs, one of which obtained a direct hit on the leading destroyer, which showed a heavy list and probably sank, as only four afterwards entered Zeebrugge. The High Commissioner's cablegram is as follows :—The Admiralty reports that five enemy destroyers were seen on Monday between Blankenburg and Zeebrugge five miles off the coast. Three naval machines dropped 16 bombs, obtaining four hits. The destroyers scattered. The remaining machines dropped 32 bombs. The leading destroyer was "seen to have listed to port and remained stationary after all the bombs had been dropped.' Four destroyers returned to Zeebrugge, and it is considered most probable that the other destroyer was sunk.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16988, 26 April 1917, Page 5
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