On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 99, 27 August 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

THE ACID AT WORK.

CERMAN FLEET MOVEMENTS.. ' RESULT OF RICA JDISA'STE RS,.„

' : . '■" rtt (Received 0.16 a'.ni.)"' ] Copenhagen, August, 2(>. Owing to 'the| disasters in the Gulf of-Riga; the bulk of the German fleet at Lilian have removed to Danzig.

THE FIGHT OFF OSTEND.

in- ioljr.l. . :. L -—■ >'■ FIRE ON RESCUE WORK.

~. i\ Press,, Assooiatiun.j vkm-i ft i * Paris, August M.

Details of the sinking of the; Gorman torpedoer at Ostehd'are that the FreiielAlestroyer' sighted arid imiriedlately engaged the German arid !w4i'«- ; lessed' for assistance, a s the .German had lieavier guns. Tlie German fled within the range of the, Ostend guns where she was torpedoed. The French sailors began rescue work, but were. forced to abandon about 200 men because the shore guns opened fire.

TWO GERMAN CRUISERS SUNK.

London, August 20

The Daily News Paris correspondent states that a Russian submarine on August 23 sank the cruiser Augsherg, north of Dantzig.

French naval experts believe that the Werman cruiser Thetis was sunk at Rigaf

The Au'gstiufg, completed in 1911, was a' protected cruiser of 4,280 tons, turbine driven, with a trial speed of nearly 27 knots. She was armed with twelve 4.1-in quick-firing guns and two torpedo, tubes. Her radius ,of action with, bjiukers full was nearly 6000 knots. The crew numbered 379.

(The German protected cruiser Thetis, referred to in to-day's cables as sunk at Riga, was completed in 1903. She;jwas a protected cruiser of 2020 tons, with a speed of about 21 \ knots. Her armament consisted of ten 4-in. quick-firers and two torpedo tubes. The complement numbers 275 officers and men.)