IN THE WEST.
NAVAL BOMBARDMENTS. OX THE BELGIAN COAST. London, Jan. 12. Mr. Reginald Day ton's- dispatch-on the operations on the Belgian coast from August to December reveals that a British armed yacht was sunk by gunfire •>nd a drifter and mine-sweeper were '.ink by mines. Tbo total' casualties wore I! 4 killed and 2'f wounded. The operations comprised six concerted operations of considerable magnitude and eight on a, smaller scale. The enemy lost two submarines. \V e destroyed three military factories, thirteen heavy guns, many depots, and extensively damaged the Zeebrugge locks and" also tile wharves and moles at various place* Our killed included Lient.-Commandei Gartside Tipping, the oldest naval officer afloat.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1916, Page 5
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113IN THE WEST. Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1916, Page 5
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