NAVAL OPERATIONS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4947, 23 September 1914, Page 5

NAVAL OPERATIONS.

, ON THE EVE OF 13IG EVENTS. Petrograd, Last Night. The papers predict that the main German fleet will enter the Baltic and operate against the Russian fleet and the fortress of Kronstadt. 1 Tlie journal Viestink says: “We | are on the eve of big events. Wo shall see the German fleet hastening I from one sea to another under tho I blow of the English fleet and tho resistance of our own. TERRIFIC CANNONADING. A REPORTED ENGAGEMENT. London, Last Night. Stockholm reports that a number of Russian warships have arrived at Helsingfors in a damaged condition. Terriffio cannonading was heard in the ' neighbourhood of Aland Island a day or two previously. It is believed 1 that Russian cruisers were engaged ‘ with the German fleet near Bornj holm. ARMED MERCHANTMEN. GERMAN LINER SUNK. London, Last Night. The British auxiliary cruiser CarI mania (the well-known Cunard liner) j fought a German armed merchant 1 cruiser, mounting eight 4-inch guns. ■ The action lasted one hour forty-five I minutes, when tho German ship cap- ' sized and sank. I THE PEGASUS INCIDENT. London, Last Night. 1 Official.—Since the outbreak of the war the Pegasus has been working from Zanzibar, and rendered useful service, including tho destruction of Dar-es-Halaam, the sinking of tho German gunboat Mown and a floating dock. She was completely disabled by tho Konigsberg. The damage done to the Konigsberg Is not, known. She was last seen..steaming southwards. i The official revised list of casual ■ ities shows 25 killed, 52 wounded and i 10 missing

PERFORMED BY CIVILIANS. London, This Day. A large number of civilians in. the Metz district are burying the dead, including a thousand bodies of French and English ,and three thousand Germans. KING ALBERT’S ESCAPE. SHOOTS A CHAUFFEUR. A DARING DESIGN. London, Last Night. A Lille newspaper states that King Albert had. a narrow escape during a tour of inspection. A chauffeur made towards the German lines and the King ordered him to stop. He continued at full speed and Albert shot him. A document was found in his pocket offering a million francs for the King. FEELING IN GERMANY. WIDESPREAD DISAPPOINTMENT FOREIGN TRADE LOST. New York, This Day. Cablegrams from German sources indicate widespread disappointment at the course of events. The people are becoming discontented, particularly in the manufacturing districts, which are realising that Germany’s foreign trade has been lost. THE EMDEN AGAIN. London, This Day. The Emden sank the steamer Cl a rime theson in the Bay of Bengal. The crew was landed at Rangoon. SOUTH AFRICAN ACTION. OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED Capetown, This Day. A crowded meeting at Bethlehem, a strong Hertzogite centre, overwhelmingly supported the Government’s operations against German South-west Africa.