BRITISH BATTLESHIP LOST

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 252, 27 November 1914, Page 7

BRITISH BATTLESHIP LOST

MAGAZINE BLOWS UP IN SHEERNESS HARBOUR TERRIBLE DEATH ROLL. DEBRIS HURLED SIX MILES AWAY GERMANS UTTERLY DEFEATED;; IN RUSSJAN CAMPAIGN Today's cables announce the loss through the explosion of a magasine of a 15,000 ton British battleship while in Sheerness Harbour. ' The Germans are conducting an eJfterisiye new movement in Belgium, which is taken by English military .'authorities to mean that a great battle is imminent. ■ 0;."'.. Thriliing stories are to hand of the awful results of shell fire during the recent artillery duels. - • :/.;.;' l[ -..■.■<..-. f ; ; 1 The Germans in the eastern theatre have been hurled back with great loss, and an official message announces the utter rout of the Crown IPrince's army in Poland. .' ■:;,< The German, violation of Chilian neutrality has been established, and it is said that the United States does not hold itself responsible for the ' neutrality bf South American republics. * : ; ; Turkey hasdeclared She will not interfere with" thefree navigation of the Suez Canal. - r : .- A further number of rebels have been captured in South Africa, but, . in another part, a small loyalist force was unable to capture a strong ; rebel position, and was compelled .to retire.

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