Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-24

Berlin. Dec. 1S.--It II ofhcially re-
DOEted that the German vessels which
hombarded Hartlepool. Scarborough
md Whitby were hit several times BY
~ coast batteries. but that the dam
iage Was slight
Berlin. Dec. 17.--An oNicial an.
|houncement issued here says:
1 PARTS Of our high Heas feet made
Jan attack ON the English east coast
and bpmbarded December l6. early In
the morning. both fortified and coast
places ct Scarborough and Hartlep0ol.
Regarding TT further course Of action
no Information can yet be given"
Il London. Dec Germany daring
~ attacked England herself early In
She morning.
After dash across the North sea
On Z misty night q German notilla
bombarded Haftlepool. Scarborough
and Whitby. unfortined cities on the
eat COAST Of England, early IN the
morning.
Some thirty women and man were
killed. Churches were ruined, hotels.
dv6llings and stores were destroyed
hy the bombafdment, which endured
20 minutes. after which the Germans
I steamed northward from Scarborough
and eGcaped pursuing British cruisers,
The gun flashes Indicated that four
hfn, ,Nlva r,,ns,~ nvm - al
that has been picked up was - inches
in diameter and 50 inches long.
Hundreds fed IN Danio while the IN,
vaders' projectiles Numbered and
burst. setting on IRE the structures
they had, left In ruins. Others. At
ffighted, took refuge in cellars.
The exploding shells Of the bold
cruisers who slipped through the Brit.
iSh feet and the guard ships and
lodged the mines thickly strewn In
the North sea, dug holes In the streets
* SCARBOROUGH, 20 wide and deOp that
! railway trick could PASS through
xar.hlps n.pe I RaIs.,,.
j HurrieAly called BY wireless. British
NnEnhips hastsneA from the nearest
points to attack he enemy. But the
0znan cFninor force. made up az
thnle fastest crniaaru. oscanAA a Tie
NIT from the British s0uaAron.
Tho squadron which ahoIlod HaEtlo.
ppoh where the bombardmeat Wa
-@0gt destructive to life and property.
was composed. the admiralty an.
nounces. Of two hattie cruisers and IN
afmOeod cruiser; while, nom four 70
IN liOAt crulssrs attached scarbor.
oneh ond Whitby.
He number ~ the attacking force
hna been vaxiously estimated 1t from
throo 70 III cruisers. 90mO had .
Submarines Necessarily there d no in.
1ogmation o. this point yet
Tho attack bognn ct HartlepoCl
ahont I'VE minutes after eight IN the
moeuing when most Of the people
WGeo at breakfast. Il was like q thun-
1ethOlt from clear sky. most personO
tAHhingaa thunderstorm had arisen.
T1Ae aif1t aAell exploded near: . man
Nhc laid afterward be thought Brit.
1 tsh squadron was, practicing gunnery
ana was making bad marksmanship
Eft III II a'y,s
Germans Escape In Fog.
THE German squadron escaped prac-
Eically unframed. The organizer prr.
INIT hat drew Englan6s great ships
ftOm their stations at sea could mot
catch up Or cut on the fast raiders.
n Ihe Germans had in their favor q
:AeaNy mist, which covered the sea.
Ind they. made ae rapid withdrawal
saften dnDpping .ahells on the, coast
towns for about thirty minutes,
The only oflcial mention Of damage
! to the raiders ID contained In an ON
&ia1 british statement which said the
. atteyies at HGftleD0OI hid damaged
~ last one Of the vessels which ap-
oAred there. r
4 me Y6fkshke IHtenins Mel prints
. dispatch to the effect that two Ger;
man exuissrS haveihesn SINK. ard that
British warships were damaged.
'sJ Most Daring Raid 81 War.
Il 10 the most daring and success
fnl exploit the Germans have per
forned in the war. amazing in IT. nav.
age thoroughness. All England ID
alarmed and enraged because q squad!
ron OF GeTmany's most dangerous war
craft was permitted to escape from the
Kiel canal and remain Undecided long
benough to give Englishmen even q
Hight experience Of the horrors 04 war
that have come to Belgium and France.
There II fear that an invasion will
be attempted, but there II more reason
20 believe that the devastating raid
was the first stroke Of Q great coup.
Germany. Il IL positively known. has
been planning for weeks concerted
crush Of battle cruisers and dread,
naughtS from Helgoland and the mouth
Of the Elbe, in an attempt to ruin
British commerce on thoiiAtlantic.
~ The mayor Of Tynefouth has issued
. notice declaring that the local emer.
Eency committee has been advised By
i "a q -