ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

ATTACKS ON BELGIAN TOWNS. JWO ENEMY TORPEDOERS SUNK. London, April 8. 1 The Admiralty reports that naval seaplanes on the night of 7th-Bth bombed Zeebrugge Mole. Naval and "military aeroplanes attacked munition dumps at Ghent and Bruges. All returned safely. On the same night off Zeebrugge we torpedoed two destroyers. One sank, and the.fate of the second one is uncertain, but it was severely, damaged. We had DUTCH RESTRICTIONS, ARMED MERCHANTMEN. London, April 8. The Dutch Govemme it has informed Britain it adheres to the decision not to. admit armed merchantmen id Dutch ydrts. Meantime Britain has agreed to release the Dutch grain vessels fi;om Halifax and allow, them to proceed home without touching at a British port. "'" RELIEF SHIP SUNK. Copenhagen. April 8. The Norwegian steamer Camilla, with Belgian relief grain, was sunk without Warning; Nine of the survivors and two porpses. were landed. They were five jfrtyg in an open boat. (RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOATS SUCCESS. - Petrograd, April 9. ' Wifeless, Russian Official: A torpedo toat landed troopß at the mouth of the river Terme, eastward of Sams'un, and burnt a Turkish observation post. The feame torpedo boat captured ten schoohers with valuable cargoes and brought them to Trebizond.