On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 31, 11 May 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

THE GRAND FLEET. KEEPING AN EYE ON RAIDERS. ( UNITED PBEM ASSOCIATION.] London, May 9. Mr Balfour, in a letter on the subject of the East Coast bombardments, points out that the maritime position has so improved that instead of keeping the battle fleet in iho north, as strategy in the earlier stages of the war required, it is now possible to bring important forces south, reinforced by submarines and monitors, without imperilling the preponderance elsewhere. Hence another Norfolk raid will be far more perilous to the enemy than those in the past. j ZEPPELIN AND SUBMARINE } ACTIVITY. Copenhagen, May 10. Steamers report that a large number of Zeppelins are in the North Sea, flying in all directions. They inspected many steamers. Shipwrecks and masses of wreckage are visible along the route. Many submarines have also been seen. . E;* .• • M* e, . , ,j.-. ...... , •, i THE CYMRIC'S END. London, May 9. The submarine attacked the Cymric at four.o’clock in the afternoon. Hie explosion of the torpedo killed five of the crew. The vessel kept afloat for eleven hours, when she sank. One hundred and seven people took to the 'ships’ boats and endeavored to make a south of Ireland port, but a Dutch i steamer picked them up aftei thej 1 had been eight hours in the boats. I The Cymric carried a general cargo. THE BLACK SEA BOMBARDMENT. , . i c Petrograd, .May 10. The Breslau approached Eupatoria flying a Russian flag. She fired a few shells from a distance of four miles and then swiftly retired. Two schools were slightly damaged.