Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-12-11
NUREMBERG ALSO sunk
DRESDEN IS IN CORNER
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three hours, and the Gneisenau two
hours later. The enemy's light cruls-
ers were scattered, and chased by the
British cruisers. -
While no mention is made of the
British casualties. the announcement
adds. NO loss of..any British vessel
was reported" -
The Impression prevails among
naval mel that admiral Won Spec.
realizing that. he would 10 longer keep
out OF touch with thc British ana ia
panese fleets patypllins The Pacific,
decided to enter, athe Atlantic and
make 4 run for. home. in the. hope
that at least some Of his ships would
get past the British. This move. il is
said, was anticipated by the admiral
ty and Vice Admiral Sturdee WAS sent
south to head oft the Germans before.
and scatter, which would have made
their capture morc difficult.
To Retain Steamer.
Callao, Peru, Dec. little Ger
man steamer Luxor of the Cosmos
line. arrived Thursday from Coronel.
Chile, where she took on Il full cargo
of coal and provisions. When she
reached this port she had a cargo of
only $50 tons and it IS stated that. the
remainder Was transhipped to the
German cruisers. The Peruvian AT
thorities announced that the Luxor
would be detained here.
The Luxor sailed suddenly without
clearance papers from Coronel on
Nov. 20, and the Chilean government
suspecting her purpose, was to take
supplies To the German squadron. or
dered that no Cosmos line steamers
be permitted to coa in Chilean ports
pending an Investigation of the case.
The foregoing dispatch indicates that
the Luxor met the German squadron
under Admiral Non Spec before it
passed into tho South Atlantic. where
it was defeated by the British.
Dover. Dec. 11.-This city was
thrown into excitement by the an
nouncement that the Germans early
Thursday" had attempted a sub
marine attack on the harbor works
and fleet anchored in the harbor. 1t
IL said y single submarine first ap-
peared. but disappeared after shots
We're fired from the forts. Then the
observers sighted what they believed
to be q fleet Of six submarines several
miles out. The forts fired for a half
hour in their%direction and the SUBJ
marines disappeared. There was no
official conf1rmation that German sub
iHdflleS Wero seen.
Rcported Two Sunk.
London, Dec. 1l.--Half a dozen
German submarines made an attempt
at $3.50 Thursday morning to enter
the admiralty. harhor, according to a
Dover dispatch, and for a half hour
the batteries kept up a furious fusil-
ade. firing at least two hundred shots.
1t was reported two or three sub
marines were sunk. but no confirma-
ton was o~btainable.
The attempt was made in the early
morning darkness. during a heavy
rain storm. but was sighted by the
Dover batteries. The admiralty said
they had received no confirmation of
the reported attack.
Guarded BY Forts.
Dover Is opposite the French town
OF Calais and is one OF the chief ports
OF communication between England
and the continent. The admiralty
harbor, comprising an area Of $40
acres, is the finest harbor Of refuge
i'll the channel.
Its construction was. begun in 1898
and completed in 1909 at a cost Of
$17,500,000.
Tho western limit Of the older
commercial harbor, Admiralty harbor,
is the admiralty pier. The CONNER
cial harbor Is bounded on the east by
the Prince of Wales harbor, while the
east arm Of the admiralty harbor is
built out from the shore to the east
of Dover castle. There are numerous
forts guarding the entrance. S