ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

IN THE NORTH SEA. GERMAN FLEET OUT. BRITISH LOSE TWO LIGHT CRUISERS TWO ENEMY SUBMARINES Received August 21, 7 p.m. . 'London, August■Bl,'.; The Admiralty reports that the German fleet was out in the North Sea oil Saturday. ■ They submarined the light cruisers Nottingham and Farmouth. One. enemy submarine was destroyed and another was rammed and possibly sunk. Wellington. Last Night. The High Commissioner reports from London, 21, 1.15 p.m.:— The Admiralty announces that there was considerable enemy activity in the North Sea, on Saturday. The German High Soa Fleet came out, but learning by their scouts that the British forces were, considerable, avoided an engagement and returned to port. In searching for the enemy, we lost two light cruisers, the Nottingham and the Falmouth. All the offices of the former were saved, but 3S of the crew are missing. AH the Falmouth's crew were saved. An enemy submarine was destroyed, and another rammed and' possibly sunk. The German statement that a British destroyer was sunk and a battleship damaged is untrue. Received August 21, 10 p.m. London, August 21. A Berlin wireless message states that the German Admiralty announce that a submarine sank a small cruiser, and damaged a battleship and cruiser. (The Nottingham was a light cruiser of 5440 tons, completed in 1013. She carried nine 0-in. guns, and bad a speed of 30 knots. The Falmouth was of 5250' tons, built in the same year, and carried eight G-in. guns; speed 24J knots'

GERMAN NAVY. OUT FOR A CRUISE. Received August 22, 1 a.m. London, August 21. The Daily Telegraph's Rotterdam correspondent states that trawlers off the Dutch coast on Saturday morning met a squadron of sixteen German warships, accompanied by two Zeppelins. THE D^UTSOHLAXD Received August 21, 5.5 p.m. Rome, August 20. The German Admiralty denies the reported arrival of the Deutschland. It is stated that seven submarines of the Deutschland type are building iu Germany.