SUFFOLK COAST ATTACKED
BRITISH CRUISERS DRIVE OFF
THE ENEMY.
~ LONDON, April 25. Official.—-A German battle-cruiset squadron attacked Lowestoft (on the Suffolk coast) at dawn. ' :
Two persons ~w«re killed. The damage was slight. '
Reuter reports that the enemy were _ driven off by British cruisers. We are cbasmg them. > \.
The Admiralty reports .that" at halfpast 4 this morning a cruiser squadron accompanied by light -cruisers and d»> stroyers, appeared off Lowestoft. The local naval forces engaged it for twenty minutes, when it returned towards Germany, chased by ourj light cruisers and destroyers. A man and a woman' were killed ashore. The material damage was insignificant. Two British cruisers and destroyers were hit.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXI, Issue 16604, 27 April 1916, Page 5
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