On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 2, 27 November 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

A CHANNEL RAID. I DASH BY GERMAN DESTROYERS. i 'Press Association —Copyright, Austro ( lian and N.Z. Cable Association | London, November 25. Tho‘Admiralty reports that during the night of November 23-24 six German destroyers attempted to approach the Northern Downs. The enemy, who were seen by a patrol vessel, steamed off after firing twelve rounds. There, I were no casualties. A drifter was 'slightly damaged. The open town of. 1 Ramsgate was not hit. i The German claim that in the Chan-] 'no cl raid they sank a patrol vessel,' And bombarded the fortified place ot'| 1 Ramsgate. They saw nothing of the j British fleet, and withdrew safely to f the home base. I MORE VIGOROUS ADMIRALTY j POLICY DEMANDED. ARM ALL MERCHANTMEN. I Press Association —Copyright, Ausrra-! lian and N.Z. Cable Association. | (Received 8.45 a.m.) ) London. November 2G. j The Channel raid has stimulated thei demand for a more vigorous Admiralty policy in the arming of all mer-j chantmen. I

AT MARGATE AND RAMSGATE.

EXCITEMENT ON THE SEA FRONT. GUNFIRE FLASHES BY NIGHT. Press Association —Copyright, Auaora. lian aud N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.5 a.m.) London, November 20. Correspondents of Lloyd’s Weekly at Margate and Ramsgate agree that there was a little excitement on Thursday night. It was calculated that the gunfire was ten miles off. Vivid flashes lit the horizon, and many people quitted their beds and joined the crowds on the sea front, The gun-fire was heard at Dover, being apparently, in the direction of the, Gull Lightship on the Goodwin’s. There were thirty to forty flashes, and the. commotion ceased ,ns abryyt.i.V as it began.

THE LOST BRITANNIC. GERMANY DENIES SUBMARINING Press 'Association—Copyright, Australian and N;Z, Cable Association. ’. * London, November 25. , Tho Admiralty, in reply to the German allegation as to tho extraordinary number aboard the Britannic, states there was a total of 1125, consisting of 625 of a crew and 500 of the medical staff. The German Admiralty denies that the Britannic was submarined. • Tho Daily Chronicle’s Athens correspondent states that the Britannic was struck well forward of the starboard hatches, N0..2 hold being blown 50 feet in tho air. it is reported that a German submarine recently visited Lauriom, opposite Zealand that an officer landed, and took aboard a woman, who is be-, lieved to be concerned with supplying submarines. i It is officially suggested at Borlm that a Turkish submarine that was recently sold by Germany is responsible for the sinking of the Britannic. By way of contrast to the German, statement that the Britannic was not torpedoed, the Kieler Zertung, a well-informed naval paper, says she was torpedoed because she carried troops.• the braemar gastle. I 400 BRITISH SICK ABOARD. Cress Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable j London, Novembel- 25. The Patras states that the Braemar Castle was torpedoed thirty miles west of the Britannic. Allied aeroplanes saw two submarines between Mitylene and Zea. There were 4.00 British sick aboard the Braemar Castle on route lor Malta. The casualties were one drowned and ten injured. ,

TH£ RAPPAHANNOCK- j I ANOTHER CASE OF SJJBMARIN- | INC. | Press Association. —Copyright, Austra-j liau and N.Z. Cable Association, | Halifax, November 26. The owners of the Rappahannock j I

are satisfied that tho vessel was torpedoed a mon ill ago, on route, to England, and that forty were drowned. The Admiralty has no further news of the steamer Rappahannock, which Berlin reported to have sunk on November S. , Unless the 37 members of the crew are aboard a submarine, 'or have been transferred to other vessels, whereof there is no indication, there can be no longer be any hope of their safety. If the crew were forced to take to then - boats so far from Ja.iti, in bad weather, Germany is again guilty of constructive murder on the high seas. ’NORWAY'S LOSSES. f-' STARTLING FIGURES. Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Gable Association. Paris,, November 20. Illustrating Germany’s sharpened submarine war against neutrals, the new sparser Le Journal shows that Norway, during the first biennium of the war, lost 79 steamers, oi a total tonnage of 125,225, compared with rhe last three months’ 77 steamers totaling 42,000 tons.

SWEDISH OPINION AGITATED. LATEST TACTICS DENOUNCED. Press Association—Copyright, Austra- , liau and N.Z. Gable Association. (Received 9.20 a an.) Copenhagen, November 20. Swedish papers of all shades °i opinion denounce the German torpedoing of neutral vessels. Tho Conservative papers consider that the latest tactics are due to Herr Zimmermann’s appointment as Foreign Secretary. SUBMARINES REPORTED ON AMERICAN COAST. ,i i WARNING FROM CANADA. Press Association —Copyright, Ausiralian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Received 9.00 a.m.) New York, November 2G. ’incoming liners report having received wireless warning from Canada, where it is believed two .(Kfinnan submarines are duo to. arrive on the American coast.