A LUCKY FIND.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1922, Page 5

A LUCKY FIND.

DOGGER BANK INCIDENT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, Sept. 2 An article in the Echo de Paris discloses that an English trawler’s lucky find wen responsible for the navy's success in the historic Dogger Bank encounter- in January. 1915. A sealed canvas bag, lead-weighted, was discovered in the trawl and handed to the Admiralty. It contained the signal code thrown overboard by the wrecked cruiser Magdeburg. The German naval staff, believing the battle fleet, after the demonstration in force off the German coast, would be re-coaling, ordered a surprise raid against the small • craft off the Dogger Bank. The British picked up and deciphered the wireless orders to Admiral von Hipper s cruiser squadron, resulting in it being suddenly confronted by Admiral Beatty’s battle-cruisers. The Germans hasily retreated, the Blucher being sunk with the majority of her crew. The skipper of the trawler was rewarded. but never knew the contents of the bag.