At Kaio-cha

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 7, 26 August 1914, Page 5

At Kaio-cha

BRUSH BETWEEN BRITISH AND GERMAN DRESTROYERS.

THREE: SEAMEN KILLED AND SEVEN' WOUNDED.

High Commissioner reports :—London, 25th, 1.55 a.m., . ~

Official:—The, destroyer "Kennet." when chasing the German destroyer i "S 90" on Saturday afternoon,, approached, too close to the battery at .Using-tao and tlpee were killed and , seven wounded., The.Kennet was , not materially .damaged, i ii' Tsing-Tao.—The. chief seat of government in the. German leased territory at Kiao-Chao Bay, China. The German territory is on both sides of the narrow entrance to the bay, which lias the form of a • harbor rather than a bay. Tsing-Tao is on the northern side. The German garrison in the territory consists of »92 officers, 2fJ74 men, and one • battalion of the Fast Asiatic Garrison Brigade. Tsing-Tao is used as a 1 fortified base for ■ the German 'Far Eastern naval squadron. •■• "' :

AUSTRIAN WARSHIP ORDERED ! ■■'■*' TO THE EAST.

(Received 10.0 a.m.)

[B r;Li:oTMO Telegraph—Copyright | VkoMD Pbbmj Association. 1 Vienna, August 25.

Th Saiserin Elizabeth lias been ordured! to join the German fleets in the operations at Tsing-tao.