ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 April 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

NAVAL ENGAGEMENT,. ATTEMPTED RAID ON DOVKg, 5 TWO GERMAN DESTEOYEgS STOIfr OTHERS ESCAPE, Received April 22, 5.6 p.m., . London, April Hi, Admiralty reports that last night live German destroyers attempted to< raid Dover. They fired a number of rounds into a ploughed field a few mile* from Dover, then steered in tho direction of Borne of our shipping, possibly with the intention of attacking. They met two patrol vessels, which in five mimrtte wink at least two and possibly thwa. The remainder fled, escaping in thadaritnesß. ' «• The Britishers sustained nqi damage, and the casualties werft exceeds ingly slight in comparison witk tttl results obtained. ' It was a fine example of destronretj work. Ten German officers and nmatyi five men from the sunken vessels w«a [ saved. ' — ' j SAVED GERMANS AT DOVBg,. Received April 23, 12.46 Sp, \ Ixmdon, April teR The Admiralty reports that th« tli& mans saved are at Dover—lo offitoSlgA--108 men. *» ' NORWAY'S LOSSES/' IN MEN AND SHIPS. Received April 22, 5.6, p.m. Cliristiania, April 2b Torpedoings have cost Norway e!n»i the war a third of her mercantile auu! riiie fleet and the lives of three hundred: sailors. The losses are now averaging j daily two ships and five lives. The arm- ' ing of merchant ships should only be: preventive, but this means war with Q«r« maßyfin Ti '' ~~ i ~ i,.|