RUSSIAN NAVAL COUP IN THE BALTIC
GERMAN CRUISER AND DESTROYER SUNK WITH CONVOt OF FOURTEEN STEAMERS (By Telegraph— I>rcs's Association—Copyright). (Rec. Juno 15, 8.5 p.m.) ... ~ , , , . Copenhagen, June li. 11l ere has been a- bi'isk naval encounter in tho Baltic. A German cruiser, two destroyers, nnd eight armoured trawlers were cojivoviilg fourteen steamers near Aykoping (on tie Swedish coast, north-west of Gothland), when six Russian destroyers and several submarines suddenly attacked with such speed that tlio Germans were completely surprised and only fired a singlo shot, the trawlers then turning and making for port with full speed, two of them arriving much damaged. • . '. '-The Russians sank tlio cruiser Koenig von Sachsen, tho wholo of the crow ?. e n"Vl? 0Wlre(1 , an<l also 11 Gcnna " destroyer, but a trawler was able to savo 150 of the crew. : Tho fourteen merchantmen were sunk. The action lasted fortv-fivo minutes <uid tho Russians were unharmed. " '
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2798, 16 June 1916, Page 5
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149RUSSIAN NAVAL COUP IN THE BALTIC Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2798, 16 June 1916, Page 5
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