THE GERMAN RAID.
, ATTACK ON THE HALCYON. THE SINKING OF D 5; LONDON, November 5. ~. Admiral Sir Percy Scott has •d to the Admiralty for special service. The German ships which attacked, the Halcyon apparently desired to lay mines to induce nervousness among the people. They successfully evaded the British patrol, and suddenly appeared off the East Anglian coast, but steamed southward. When attacked by the coast patrol, they shoAved a disinclination to ,wait for an engagement, and stood away to the northward. The Halcyon was sending a wireless ~ message to the. fleet, when a lucky shot . • destroyed her aerials, and the message Vas uncompleted. The enemy bolted before tho wireless was restored. ■ i Twenty-one perished-in-the sinking of Submarine D 5. j
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 235, 7 November 1914, Page 10
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