GERMANY'S FLEET.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2222, 7 August 1914, Page 5

GERMANY'S FLEET.

BALTIC SQUADRON GOES INTO NORTH SEA. '~ ' OFF JUTLAND: J By Telegraph— Vitas'- Association—Conyr'tent London,' August 5. The Copenhagen correspondent, of the "Express states 'that part of the German Baltic Fleet passed through Kiel Canal,' arid is now massed in the North.Sea off Jutland, the peninsula forming the mainland of Denmark. ~ .'-,-■' . .'• ■'•"'■; , German Dreadnoughts bar the -Great Belt, and the Fchmarri' Belt leading from She North Sea into the Baltic. Denmark fears that her territory will Tie. made the,-cockpit, of war, and is making every effort to preserve'neutrality..' '. The Danish .and German waters' are bow' with submarine mines.—{"Times", and "Sydney .Sun" Service.) WARSHIPS SIGHTED IN THE BALTIC (Independent Cable Association.) .; '.(Bee, August .6, 4.35 p.m.) ''' , •''•'., : '-' f '*' London, -August <-5.'- . It i?. stated that a German fleet of nineteen--vessels was sighted near J:he coast, off'. Meinel' and Liban. S 'Russian warships'in tho'Black Soahave captured min'y Gcrriian merchantmen.', ' Memel is: a. towji. in the north of tho province .of East at the outlet Haff;'with iron-foundries arid manufactures of 'machinery.,'and trade in .wood, cereals;, arid flax,' chiefly with. Russia.. ;v ■. ; " '■';. _' [ Eibau is a- seaport in the Baltic, 143 miles by railj south-west) of Riga, on -a bank separating Lake Libau.. from the "Baltic, It. possesses an artificial harbour, which offers the advantage of freezing for but a few/days,/so that sinco Libau has been' connected by direct railways with the chief grain producing regions of Russia it has become one of the chief seaports of the,.Emnir6,'and has absorbed all exnorts -which-were- formerly sent to Ko'nig'sberg, in Prussia. It is now fortified, and an ofsenaFfor the navy. Ifc is visited by an average of 1960 vessels ./per' annum; - '.':.. ": -jy •' IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, ' . •;,. : ■ Rome, August 5.' Advices- nave been .received stating, that the German Mediterranean squadron in; the neighbourhood., of, Messina has : been instructed to ]'pin : ihe Austrian squadron and- attack the French fleet. The German sonadron referred to above is apparently the Dreadnought cruiser Goebon. the cruiser" Breslau, and tho gunboat Panther. If so, these' thr«e warships have been accounted for by a French .fleet, 'as'will "bo seen in another cable message. Austria's Navy comprises two DreadnougMs,,the Viribup Upitis and the Teg-, gethoff/each of 20.000 tons and carrying involve 12-inch gtins. Two more exto be rwidy for sea before the end of this'year. There are twelve pre-Dread-nought battleships, three, armoured cruisers, and seven "light oruisers. ". /, GERMAN PACIFIC FLEET . ' (Rec. August .7, 1.10 a.m.) ' Sydney, August 6. Tofua reports, that the' German Pacific fleet of six ships'was expected at Momi Bnv, Fiji, on July 31. . Private, cables Teoort enthusiastic rejoicings in New Caledonia as the result of the mobilisation order.