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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 April 1916, Page 3

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(Received This Day 8.5 a.m.) ' THE FIGHT OFF LOAYKRTO'.'T. London, April "it ■ Several untenanted houses were deslroyed at Lowestoft. A shell crashed into a large empty residence andi . '.'lit out the. interior while two other , houses were reduced co a pile ol rubble. , The skiop..'!- ol a fishing smack, .just t after dawn, notice 1 four biggish ships ; ui-1 lot of smaller craft steaming southward! parallel to the coast. fcLe tuck them for British vessels. , Eyewitness \s state that the hostile vessels opened fire when about cix miles off and soon a hail of shells came whooping over the town. The missies landing were from five to six inches. . Some missed the town altogether and [ tvere picked up as far inland as Uul- ■ tonbroads, Carlton and Colville. J lie markiuanship was poor. One broadside of four guns did much damage. ' The bombardment entledl with dramatic \ suddenness. A British light squadron was seen approaching from the south ! at wonderful speed, andl thought outj matched in point of size and outnuuit be red, it tackled the Germans tenac- , iouslv ami the reverberating cannonade grew more terrific than the bombanl- ; me.nt-. One of our destroyers was 'nt > and smoke and flames were visible, but ; it continued blazi'ug away with its ' guns. The fight was conducted) in j bright sunshine and the cascades of . water thrown up by the shells made ! an impressive spectacle. The German l slielils felil around the British who ; reserved their fire until well within ( range. Time and again they hit the r German monsters, andl once a volume - of smoke, and flame leapt from ono r funnel of one of the big warships. Another suddenly staggered, but righted p itself, although steam and s-moKe came from unusual places. The sea was so I- clyirned up by tlie shells that it looked r like a lake of foam. Suddenly a sea- - plane came from the north at a terrific rale and sent a message to the Germans, who turned tail and went off at high speed. One of their Dig ships appeared! to be in trouble. j HIGH COMMISSIONER'S a REPORT. 1 London, April 2/. r The bombardment of Lowestoft and o Yarmouth yesterday morning begin

at 4.10 and lasted half an hour. Relatively slight damage was done, i'oin persons wore killed laud twelve ware injured. A Zeppelin raid was made 011 iio Thames Estuary ou Tuesday. There were no casualties. (Received/ This Day. 9:45 a.m.'* > BRITISH SUBMARINE SUNK. i London. April 26. The Press Bureau states thati a German wireless message announces that the submai-ine E22 was sunk in the N'orth Sea Two ot the crew were saved. VON P APEX'S PAPERS. New York, April '20. Papers found in the former, office 01 You' Papen show that prominent. Irishmen and Germans in the United States exhibited keen interest in the plans for the revolt in Ireland. Whether the Government will uudiertake an investigation rests with the Department of Justice. Aletluxls of raising funds for the equipment of tbe Irisn revolutionaries have been freely discussed. Some letters and i.ppeaL have been made for funds. ARMED MERCHANTMEN'. Washington, April '26. Official.—The declaration of the attitude of the United States, regarding armed merchantmen has been made public. It reiterates and explains the purpos.? of tho Government in- recognising the right of a peaceful vessel to carry arms for its defence mud sets forth the conditions under which the United States holds that a submarine may capture craft. j