The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-12-17
MAY INDICATE INVASION OF
BRITAIN BY GERMAN TROOPS
Insurance Rates by oyds Are Suspended For North Sea
Ponts-Anglo- French Forces Reported to be Rush
ing German Trenches. -Austrans Claim Gains in
Carpathans. Berlin Fully Comedies Retreat
From Warsaw
From Warsaw,

The long expected by England
today for the first time the history of the United Kingdom when
hostile warshps bombarded English Scarborough arf
pool Redcar Whby, of the North she'll
ed by German warshp The of the damage inflicted
revealed in early seemed probable however, that
had few swift for raid the coast of Eng
land largely for its moral effect and not for attempted acon with
its main heet invasion Of England.
The from the British official information bur-
through with unusual cee Some Of these dispatches
by the New York. in about
hour conpaed wh the delays Of to four hours which
forwarding from London. Although the
raid England oveshadowed loe developments for the
being, there important III Other quarters
says progress by
the Allies Belgium that German attacks Assce and the Woevre
district epused that British warshps again bombarded the
German positions IN the 6 Belgium
reported Costaatnope that tribes of northern Albania
have declared Servia adon wess
ard the trihes Of tbe north sye seeians 10 The ns Their re-
ported the OF aecas the
conditions among She Balkan raons and se Indicators
already enabtoied in the Haay join IL
King sfyia has rsarered Belgrade in triumph and
general that single Austrian
within its bcrders salanra Italy again
rghtul position IF his country OK aichsu neutrality
position endorsed by parliament The khedive OF
errment officials
Appeared AT An Early Flour.
London England.-lhe German fleet made sudden dash
the North Sea- and heled Scarborough and flartepoo
English the North Sea- 1t also engaged certain units
of the English feet
he fourG appeared off Scarborough
early began lombard the 1t that
they had difficulty dropping shells the city seized
the people and many of them fed from their homes.
Residents of Ha1epool aroused from their sleep by the
Hooked
the beach learn what going In few
shells from the German cruisers began dropping artepool
the shore broke for shelter
of the people and of them
abandoned their homes and fed destinations inland
The of this naval raid announced by the British ad
mray shortly before 80 o'clock this 1t threw Lon
the of excitement that has prevailed the
outbreak Of the The preliminary Of the admir-
of the damage Scarborough which
fashionable 81 miles northeast of York and little
200 miles from London.
Neither made mention of damage artlepool
important shipping 40 miles northwest of Scar
points the described by the admir-
atty as developing.
whether this German attack
designed merely spread the British people
purpose engage the British fleet general
land the British
Neither City is Fortified =
Neither Scarborough Iartepool fortified Scarbor-
ough population of During the most OF the
seaside hotels crowded AT this time Of year however the
hotels comparatively deserted arepool together with West
Hartepoo has population fabout ooooo
Great excitement prevailed in Iloyd's underwriting
when the German naval raid posted
the bulletin crowded around and eagerly
read the notice the North Sea is
erned have practically suspended pending receipt definite
news engagement At the Baltic exchange the
news was eagerly by members and the chief
of conversation all through the afternoon
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