Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-01-01
RAID ON GERMANY
zEPPELINs, SUBMARINES, AERO
PLANES AND BRITISH SHIPS IN
BATTLE Off CuxHAVEN.
THREE ENGLISH BOATS HIT
Aero Pilot Is Lost at Sea Near HeIgo-
Iand-Londcn Claims All ExplosiN ;
Took Effect-Teutons RepuIsed Foes
Metz and Brussels SheiIed.

Metz and Brussels Shesled.
London, Dec. 29.-An official an
nouncement given by the admiralty on
Sunday describes the most spectacular
battle in the history of warfare, In
which land batteries, warships, sub
marine boats, aeroplanes, hydroplanes
and Zerpelins we're engaged.
The battle is that which resulted
when the combined British sea and
air fleets attacked the German naval
station at Cuxhaven, on the south bank
of the Elbe's mouth, across from the
entrance to the Kiel canal.
The statement follows:
ION Friday, December rs, German
warships lying in Schillig roads. on
Cuxhaven, were attacked b.. seven
naval aeroplanes.
"The attack was delivered at day
light. starting from a point In the
vicinity of Helgoland.
'The British seaplanes were escort
ed by light cruiser and torpedo
boat destroyer force, with submarines.
AS soon as these hips were seen by
the Germans at Helgoland two Zeppe-
Inns and three or four hostile sea-
planes, acting in conjunction with sew
eral hostile submarines. attacked
them.
"A naval combat ensued between
most modern cruisers on the one hand
and the enemys air craft and sub
marines on tbs other.
by swift maneuvering the enemy's
submarines were avoided, and the Zep-
pelins. were easily put to flight by the
guns of the Undaunted and the Are
thusa.
"The enemys Zeppelins dropped
bombs near our ships without hitting
any of them.
sThe British ships remained for
three hours Cf the enemy's cost. Six
air pilots were picked up.
Three other air pilots we're picked
up later, according to arrangement, by
British submarines which we're stand
ing by, their machines being sunk.
"One pilot, Flight Commander Hew-
lit, is missing. His machine was seen
wrecked about eight. miles from Hell
goland, and his fate is at present I'M
known.
"The extent of the damage done by
the British airmen's bombs cannot be
estimated, but all the missiles were
discharged on points Of military sig
nifcance.
Berlin, via wireless to Sayville. l..
l., Dec. 29-An attack by British
cruisers, destroyers and hydroplanes
on the German naval base in the North
sea of which Wilhelmshaven and Cux-
haven are important centers, is re-
ported in a statement from the admir-
atty here. The attacks were made
December rs.
''The admiralty reports that on De-
cember Is eight British ships made a
dash into German bay. Hydroplanes
conveyed by them advanced against
the mouths Of the German rivers and
hurled bombs & the anchored ships
there and gas tank near Cuxhaven.
without hitting them or doing any
damage. The hydroplanes were fired
upon and withdrew to the west.
German airships and aeroplanes re-
connoitered against the British forces
and hit with bombs two British de-
stroyers and one convoy. Fire started
on the latter. Fog prevented a con-
tinuation of the fighting"
London, Dec 29.-English and
French aviators, according to official
announcements issued on Sunday.
have carried out successful aerial at
tacks upon the important aviation
bases of the Germans at Metz and
Brussels.
The aviation hangers at Frescaty,
near Metz, were bombarded and it is
believed considerable damage was
done. Bombs and arrows were dropped
upon the railway station at Metz and
upon the military barracks at ST.
Priyat, just outside the town.
At Brussels IL bombs were dropped
on the Etherbeek airship shed, six of
which were effective. The Germa |
hangar was burned.
An unofficial dispatch received by
the Exchange Telegraph company
from Rosendaal says:
at is ru4lored here that Zeppelin
was sighted near Newport and was
shot at by the allies and all its occu-
pants killed in the debris of the air
ship as it descended
With dramatic suddenness the
French avenged the Zeppelin attack
on Nancy in which two persons were
killed and a number wounded.