On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 24, 27 September 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

ZEEBRUCCE BOMBARDMENT. BRITISH WARSHIPS ENCAGED. United Press Association. Amsterdam, September 25. Three British warships at daybreak heavily bombarded Zeebrugge. The* objective of the bombardment. was German submarines that are being built in the inner harbor. The result is unknown. The fire of the German batteries was feeble. The Handelblad's Zeeland correspondent states that five- large and twenty small British .vessels bombarded Zeebrugge, though only two big warships used what were apparently twenty-eight centimetre guns. The German tardily replied with lighter guns. A big column of smoke rose at Zeebrugge. The English apparently used lighter guns against the submarines, as the.shots did not reach the coast. A German aeroplane occasionally hovered near the fleet, and a captive baloon ascended from Zeebruggee. The fleet steamed off at 10.30 o'clock. TWO BRITISH STEAMERS. London, -September 25. - The British steamer Wiluro and Lesione have been sunk. Nineteen of the latter's crew as nnssing.