A SPECTACULAR CONFLICT

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11615, 14 August 1918, Page 8

A SPECTACULAR CONFLICT

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RGHTHIS AGSUNST GREAT ODDS

A -SMDIO VICTORY. BEES» 224. VERSE 7 Received August 14. in. io p.m. Amst-rdam, August 13Dutch ju.-vvr.proers state that german airslnns and forty Hydroplanes : I*’choc a British merer be.-, o flotilla.' The 1-tter, ignoring s] owers of bombs, fouyhi agaiost odds, refusing to life to safety. They concentrated -their fire on the Zeppelin which was destroyed. ‘Lv;o damaged motm oca.s were towed to port by Drlcl) paivols. A British se-: plane, alighting on tha water after destroying the Zap rolin, hud a rousing reception from attendant British warships, which stranded gvrcns at full ’.blnst within a couple of miles the German

coast. Divine service was proceeding during the fight. The flagship signalled Kymn 324, verse seven. _ The verse was joyfully sung in all snips.