FIVE GERMAN DESTROYERS RAID DOVER
A VIOLENT SURPRISE TWO OP THE RAIDERS SUNK BY BRITISH ■-■ PATROL BOATS - . i' (Eeo. April 22, 5.5 p.m.) nu,' Ai • -i, London, 'April 21 r,M ,if ra ty ,'W ts - : Y « st «""gW fi ™ German destroyers attempted a raw on Dover, .and fired a number of rounds iuto ploughed fields a few miles trow; Dover They then steered in the direction of some of our shippine Possibly with \the intention ol attacking, and met two patrol vesels, which in we minutes sank at least two and possibly three. The remainder fled, eecapmg in the darkness. ' . Tho British destroyers suffered no material damage, and the casualties were slight in comparison with the results obtained It " as I vei-y fine example of, destroyer work. the British saved ten Germ an officers and ninety-five men to the sunken vessels.—Aus.-A T .Z. Cable Assn.-Keuter. »w" B mg to ONE HUNDRED AMD EIGHTEEN OFFICERS AND MEN SAVED. (Rec. April 23, 0.45 a.m.) The Admiralty reports the Germnns saved were ten officers — Cable Assn.-Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3060, 23 April 1917, Page 5
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173FIVE GERMAN DESTROYERS RAID DOVER Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3060, 23 April 1917, Page 5
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