Second Edition On the Sea.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 19, 27 April 1916, Page 6

Second Edition On the Sea.

■the RECENT raid ON ENGLAND. I ■ YARMOUTH SUFFERS FROM ■ gunfire. ■ SOME EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. I 200 BUILDINGS SLIGHTLY I damaged. 1 5 ■ PROBABLE personnel of THE ■ RAIDER. ■ I (Received 1.5 p.m.) I London, Appril 26. I • Official.—The bombardment of I Lowestoft and Yarmouth began at I four o’clock in the morning, and lastI c d for half an hour-. Despite the fact I that the enemy was using I'O‘ivy ■ guns, tho damage was relatively I slight. I A convalescent home, swimming I hath, the pier, and forty dwellings I were, expensively,, damaged, and two I '■dwellings were slightly damI ..... I Two men, a woman, and a child I were killed, , and three people " ere I seriously and one slightly injured. I The enemy bombabrded Great TarI mouth simultaneously. A largo building ignited h and was seriously damaged, and another was slightly damaged by shell lire. Experts oppiue that the battle cruisers consisted of the Dcrfliuger, Luetzow, Moitke, Seydlitz, and Hiudenburg, the light cruisers of the E-mden class, and the wardens from Cuxha/en and Borkunf. There is public speculation on the possibility ol Admiral Jollicoo cutting off the raiders before the finish .'of the twelve houS Return" The general opinion is that the Gormans arc greatly advantaged by the possession of a large fleet of Zeppelins, which aVM^Ag 5 W'-scouts.