FOUR GERMAN DESTROYERS SUNK.
OFF THE DUTCH COAST. Wellington, Sunday. The following message haß been received by thfi rrimo Minister from th<? High Commissioner in London:— "It iB officially announced that the British cruiser Undaunted, accompanied by the destroy era Lance, Lennox, Legion, and Loyal, engaged four German destroyers u(f the Dutch coast on Saturday afternoon. All tho enemy'a destroyers were sunk. "It is officially stated that one officer and Cour men were wounded in the action . "The damage to the British vessels was slight. Tho British picked op 31 Germans from the sunk ?n vessel. THE UNDAUNTEDS' pursuit. London, Sunday. Captain Fox, of tho Undaunted, was formerly in command of the Amphion, Bunk by a German mine at the beginning of the war. The Undaunted left Harwich yesterday morning. During tho engagement the cruiser followed tho Germane from the mouth of the Scheldt to off Amsterdam.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 714, 21 October 1914, Page 5
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147FOUR GERMAN DESTROYERS SUNK. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 714, 21 October 1914, Page 5
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