Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-12-25

S1SsIy Express from Hartlepool says:
SEE the German fleet steamed out to
"a they dropped mines to prevent
amy ships from following in their
Z wake"
London, Dec. 17.--Cer7uaay daring
1y attacked EnglaDe herself early in
the morning.
After a dash across the North sea
on a misty night, a German flotilla
Dombarded Hartlepool, Scarborough
Aad Whitby, unfortified cities on the
east coast of England. early in the
Hnorning.
Some thirty women and men were
Killed. Churches were ruined, hotels
dwellings and stores we're destroyed
BY the bombardment, which endured
- minutes, after which the Germans
Ss5amed northward from Scarborough
and escaped pursuing British cruisers
The gun flashes Indicated that four
big warships we're firing. One shell
that has been picked up was IL inches
xn diameter and 33 inches long.
Hundreds fed in panic while the in.
Eaders' projectiles Numbered and
burst, setting on fire the structures
they had set in ruins. Others. af
zrighted. took refuge in cellars.
The exploding shells of the bold
cruisers who slipped through the Brit
Hkh feet and the guard ships and
lodged the mines thicBly strewn in
Khe North sea. dug holes in the streets
17 Scarborough so wide and deep that
n railway truck could pass through
Ekem-
WarshIps Repel Raiders.
Hurriedly called by wireless, British
.sarships hastened from the nearest
points to attack the enemy. But the
German cruiser force, made up Of
Zheir fastest cruisers. escaped in the
Enist from the British squadron.
The squadron which shelled Hartle
pool, where the bombardment was
most destructive to life and property
was composed, the admiralty announ
res, of two battle cruisers and an ar
aRored cruiser, while from four to ST,
light cruisers attacked Scarborough
a1z Whitby.
Germans Escape in Fog.
The German squadron escaped !prac
ideally unharmed The organizer pur
suit that drew EngIand's great ships
Erom their stations at sea could not
catch mp or cut 5n the fast raiders
The Germans had in their favor q
heavy mist, which covered the sea, and
khey made a rapid withdrawal after
dropping shells on the coast towns for
about thirty minutes.
The only official mention of damage
90 the raiders is contained in an Off.
gcial British statement which said the
batteries at Hartlepool had damaged
at least one OF the vessels which ap
Deared there
The Yorkshire Evening News prints
n dispatch to the effect that two Ger
gman cruisers have been sunk, and that
Hritish warships were damaged.
Most Daring Raid Of War.
II il the most daring and success
ful exploit the Germans have per
FOrmed in the war. amazing in its saw
Age thoroughness. All England Is
alarmed and enraged because a squad
EDn Of Germany's most dangerous wal
craft was permitted to escape from the
Kfel canal and remain undetected lons
enough TO give Englishmen even q
light experience Of the horrors Of wal
shat have come to Belgium and France
There is fear that an invasion viii
be attempted. but there is more reason
10 believe that the devastating rait
Mas the first stroke Of a great coup
Germany, 1t Is positively known, hal
Been planning for weeks concerted
rash OF battle cruisers and dread
Maughts from HelgoIand and the moutl
Uf the Elbe, in an attempt to ruiz
British commerce on the Atlantic.
Many Dead at HartIepooT.
It is officially announced that a
Hartlepool seven soldiers were killed
gHnd IA wounded and % civilians wer,
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