ADVANCE AT MANY POINTS
BRITISH CRUISER SUNK BY SUBMARINE , - ■■;; ■-/' SECOND SHIP ESCAPES GRAPHIC STORIES OF CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA MILITARY EXPERT SAYS ENGLAND MUST EXPECT ATTACK
Further progress for the Allies is recorded to-day, substantial successes having been gained at various points. • , ' The British cruiser Hawke has been sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine, many of the crew being drowned. The cruiser Tfeesfetis was attacked at the same tiriie,, but .escaped injury, : U' ?ritiih; warship 4as ; captured; two vessels which axe believed to havV recently beea co-operating with the Eiriden in the Pacific. Successes for the Russians are reported while details of their recent defeat at Osterode are also given. „ » • • iCaaadian troops have been given an enthusiastic welcome in England. / In South Africa a British patrol has had an engagement with the force commanded by the rebel, Colonel Maritz, and took eighty prisoners. ' ~ •
By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright,
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 217, 17 October 1914, Page 9
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