A FIGHT AT SEA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 53, 19 October 1914, Page 5

A FIGHT AT SEA.

ou/ BRITISH SUCCESS. . FOUR DESTROYERS SUNK. OFF THE DUTCH COAST. 4 ; ( London, October 17. The Press Bureau reports that a Britisli cruiser and four destroyers sank , four German destroyers on the Dutch coast. The High Commissioner, under date Londog* .October 17, 7.35 p.m., gives the following official confirmation:— The cruiser Undaunted, accompanied by the destroyers Lance, Lennox, Legion and Loyal, engaged four German destroyers off the Dutch coast this afternoon. All the enemy’s destroyers were sunk. Official.—One officer and four men were wounded in the engagement resulting in the sinking of four German destroyers. The damage to the British vessels was slight. We picked up 31 Germans.

CAPTAIN FOX, OF THE UN-

DAUNTED.

(Received 8.50 a.m.) London, October 18

Captain Fox, of the Undaunted, was formerly in command of the Amphion. The Undaunted left Harwich yesterday morning, and during the engagement followed the Germans from the mouth of the Scheldt to off Amsterdam. THE SCHELDT MINED FOR 20 MILES. *- (Received 9.15 a.m.) Amsterdam, October 18. The Scheldt is mined between Antwerp and the south-eastern extremity of South Beveland, an island 23 miles' long in the estuary, BOMBARDMENT OF CATTARO. Rome, October 17. ; The bombardment of Cattaro was resumed with the greatest violence from the fleet and Mount Touchin. During the night six French ships, in response to a wireless message, rushed in search of an Austrian torpedo flotilla, which was attacking one of the Allies’ vessels. A submarine struck the Austrian torpodoor, but the rest escaped.

GERMAN CRUISER LAID UP AT HONOLULU. Honolulu, October 17. The Geier remains indefinitely to repair engines, which will require several weeks. The Government is watching, 'to prevent the violation of neutrality. RUSSIANS MINE THE BALTIC. Petrograd, October 17. Official.— Owing to the German submarines appearing at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland and the Russian shores, Russia has mined the mouths of the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Riga, whence all traffic is stopped.

THE MINES IN THE ADRIATIC Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8 a.m.) London, October 1 1 ■ The report of the commission on the sowing of Austrian mines in the Adriatic states that .of those originally fixed hy chains some broke away and the currents carried the mines to the Italian coast. Monfaleone.—Austrian sbip-bmldmg ibase, in Illyria, near the Gulf ol Trieste.

FIRE IN WAREHOUSE AT ALEXANDRIA. United Peuss Association. (Received 9.15 a.m.) London, October 16. The cargo of the German steamer Suedmark, captured in the Red Sea and valued at £200,000, is burning in a warehouse fire at Alexandria, the chief port of Egypt. STEAMER STRUCK A MINE IN THE NORTH SEA. (Received 9.15 a.m.) London, October 17. The steamer Noordam, bound from New York to Rotterdam, struck a mine in the North Sea, but continued the yoyage. Seven aboard were drowned.