The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-01-01
GERMANY At Tackled
BY BATTLEsH!Ps
British Flyers Shell War Craft
and Aeroplanes at cuxhaven.
zEPPELlNs AID IN FIGHT
Most Spectacular Battle in History of
Warfare Occurs Near -EIbe
River-Aviator Lost and
Three Vessels Hit.

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 Zeppelins were 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 Elbes mouth, across from the
entrance to the Kiel canal.
"On Friday. December Is, German
warships lying in Schillg roads, off
Cuxhaven, were attacked by 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 ships 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 the other
by swift maneuvering the enemys
submarines were avoided, and the Yep
pelins we're easily put to flight by the
guns of the Undaunted and the Are
thusa.
1.-The enemy's Zeppelins dropped
bombs near our ships without hitting
any of them.
1.-The British ships remained for
three hours Off the enemy's coast. Six
air pilots were picked up.
Three other air pilots were picked
up later, according to arrangement, by
British submarines which were stand
ing by their machines being sunk.
Zone pilot, Flight Commander Hew-
lit, is missing. His machine was seen
wrecked about eight miles from Hell
goland, and his fate is at present un-
known.
1.-The extent of the damage done by
the British airmen's bombs cannot be
estimated.
Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, B.
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 we're made
December Is.
tine 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 at the anchored ships
there and a gas tank near Cuxhaven,
without hitting them or doing any
damage. The hydroplanes were fired
upon and withdraw to the west.
German airships and aeroplanes re-
connoitered against the British de-
stroyers and one convoy. Fire started
on the latter. Fog prevented 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
lacks 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.
Privat, just outside the town.
At Brussels IL bombs were dropped
on the Etherbeek airship shed, six of
which were effective. The German
hangar was burned.
An unofficial dispatch received by
the Exchange Telegraph company
from Rosendaal says:
"It is rumored here that a Zeppelin
was sighted near Newport and was
shot at by the allies and all it's occu-
ship as it descended"
With dramatic suddenness the
French avenged the Zeppelin attack
on Nancy, in which two persons were