Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-28
Battle Between Most Modem
of All Waf Machines Rem
derS Flglll Spectaculafly In
teresilna
SUBMARINES ENGAGED
WITH HYDRO -AER0PLANES
So Far as Learned. From Off
ciaI Statements Little Loss
Occurs Ia ASSaI|ants or AS
sailed Vessels,
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Assisted by nrht cruisers, destroyers
land submarines. seven British naval
nlrmen. plotting seaplanes. made a
daring attnck christmas day on the
Herman naval base Of Cnxhaxen. al
the mouth nf the Elhc Six of the
mrmen returned safely but lhe sew
enth, Commander Hewlett It is fear
ca. has been hast, as his machine was
found Off Heligohnd. wrecked.
What DAMAGE WAS done by the
bombs thrown BY The attacking party
could not be nfcertalned, but the Ger
man report ~ the affair says that the
raid was ffuitless
Modern Wac Machines In Battle.
The enterprise Of the British navy
In thus attending TO dig Out" the
German fleet brought about battle
between the most modern OF war
machines. The british squadron, in
cluding the light cruisers Arethusa
and undaunted, which have been en-
gagged IN previous exploits on the
German consls, was attacked by Yep
pelins, scaplanes and submarines
by rapid miineuvering. the ships
were able 10 ;tv0ld the submarines.
while the zeppelns found the fire Of
the cruisers too dangerous for them
To keep up the fight The German
scaplanes dropped bombs, which, ac-
cording to the British account fell
harmlessly into the sea. The Germans,
however. claim, To have hit Two de-
stroyers and taeir convoy. the latter
being set afirc.
sommanccr Hewlett Lost.
The British s;hlns remained in the
vlclaits fof tiffEz houfs without be-
ing attacked BY any surface warships
and picked up three Of the seven pl-
lots and their planes. The others We're
picked up by submarines. but their
machines were sunk Commander
Hewlett, Il is thought, was drowned.
The official press bureau gave out
the following statement today re-
garding the British raid ON the Ger
man coast:
"on Friday, December Is. the Ger
man warships lying off Schlling
roads. off cuxhaven. were attacked
by seven naval aeroplanes piloted BY
Flight Commanders Oliver. Hewlett, /
Boss and kilner. Flight Lieutenants
Miiey and Edwards and sib-Lieuten-
ant Blackburn.
The attack was delivered in day
cinity Of Helig0land. The aeroplanes |
were escorted by light cruiser and |
destroyer force, together with submH-
rines
AS these ships were seen by the
Germans from Heligoland, two Zeppe-
llns aud three or four hostile sea-
planes and several hostile submarines
attacked them.
IT WAS necessary for the British
ships 10 remain in the neighborhOod \
to pick up the returning airmen, and
A novel combat enaued between the
most modern cruisers and the enemy's
iir crift and submarines. by swift
the enenya submarines
were avoided and the two Xeppelns
we're easily put To flight by the guns
IF the undannted and Arethusa
Drop iiombs Near British ShiIJs.
"The enemys seaplancs succeeded /,
n dropping their bombs near our
ihips. but without hitting any Of
hem. The British ships rcmained for
hree hours off the eneny's eoast
without being lnolested by any surface
fessel and safely re-cmbarked three
mt of The seven alfmen With their
Three other pilots returned
ater and were picked up by British
ubmarines which were standing By.
Their machines were sunk
Six out of the seven pilots Return
q safely, Flight Commander Hew-
ett is missing. His machine was seen
n q wrecked condition about eight !
niles from Heligoland, and the fate
# the daring and skilfu pilot is at !,
PRESENT unknown.
THE extent of the damage by the
British airmen's bombs cannot be es-
Imated. but all we're discharged al ,
oints of military significance
Drops Bombs al Brussels.
"On Thursday last, Squadron Com
1ander Richard Il. Davies Of the ma !
al air service. visited Brussels In I.
'arinan biplane, for the purpose Of .
roppinR twelve bombs AZ an airship :,
he'd, reported to contain Il German
irship Eight Of these bombs. of :
'hich six are believed to have hit,
'ere discharged ut the first attack :,
he remaining four on the return
ght owing To the clouds Of smoke !,
fhich arose from the shed, the effect
ould not be distinguished" =
Another naval aifman on Christ
las eve dropped twelve bombs on an :.
irship shed at Brnsses but 1t was =
npossible definitely to ascertain the !.
mount of damage done =
Il was learned today that the Ger ~
ian aifmen who visited Ensland on y
hristmas day dropped bomb near
colchester. which is only twenty-eight
lilies east southeast Of st. Paui's. Lon
on. and seven miles from Gravesend
he bomb did no damage. as It fell in :,
ne roadway. r