GERMAN CRUISER LOST.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 174, 28 August 1914, Page 5

GERMAN CRUISER LOST.

ASHORE IN GULF OF FINLAND. FIRED ON BY THE RUSSIANS. (Received August 28, 11.35 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, August 27. An official German statement anacmnces that the cruiser Magdeburg went ashore on Odensliolm Island in the Srulf of Finland during a fog and she sould not be refloated. A torpedo boat rescued the majority of the crew while under fire from the frtissian Fleet, and seventeen were killed "while eighty-five are missing. The Germans blew up the Magdeburg. [The Magdeburg was a third-class cruiser of 4500 tons displacement. Her complement was 373 men, and she carried twelve 4.1-inch guns and two machine guns, in addition to two submerged torpedo tubes. She was quite a new ship, as she was only completed in 1912. Her speed was 27 knots.] ' THE DEADLY MINE. STEAMER AND TRAWLER SUNK. TWELVE LIVES LOST. (Received August 28, 9.10 a.m.). LONDON, August 27. A mine sank the Norwegian steamer Gottfried, bound for iJlyth, in the sTorth Sea,

Eight of the crew were' killed.. Other explosions were heard in the vicinity. A mine sank a Danish trawler near Grimsby. Four of the crew were killed. ■ V AGAINST SUPERIOR ODDS. BRITISH FIGHT SPLENDIDLY. "THE EMPEROR OF EUROPE." (Received August 28, 8.25 a.m.) . , LONDON, August 27. Mr Asquith told the House of Commons that General Freiich had reported that the British yesterday were engaged against a superior force, and fought splendidly. Mr Asquith added that General French reported that the prospects of the British in the impending battle were satisfactory. It is stated that the German soldiers scratched all over the walls at Liege the words, "Willielm the Second, Emperor of Europe."