MAIL-BOAT HUNT IN THE NORTH SEA
THE FATE OF THE BRUSSELS By Telegraph-Press AssociaUon-Copyrißht London, June 25. The steamer Brussels, -which, was re-_ ported yesterday" to have been captured by German, destroyers and, taken to Zeebrugge, left Rotterdam on Thursday, laden -with, foodstuffs and passengers, mostly Belgian refugees. Six destroyers captured her. Nine previous attempts had been inade to capture her, but she escaped by her superior speed. .'',-• Since the outbreak of the war tor-pedo-boats have been constantly hunting the Harwich boats, spies being on the alert, giving information on their sail, ings, cargoes, and passengers. The German fleet at Zeebrugge has been reinforced, and now .. includes twenty-two destroyers, several'of a now type, with three funnels. The destroyers, when raiding, are accompanied by reconnoitring seaplanes, minelayers, and armed trawlers, '.- FOUR HUNDRED LIVES LOST THE MINING OP THE MERCURY. . London, June 25. • The victims of the, Mercury (which was mined near Odessa, sinking in five minutes) disaster totalled 400.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2807, 27 June 1916, Page 5
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158MAIL-BOAT HUNT IN THE NORTH SEA Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2807, 27 June 1916, Page 5
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