The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-05-01
MANY OTHERS
BADLY WOUNDED
Large Numbers of Warships of
Germans Appeared Early
Off Belgian Coast.
REPORT IS FROM FRANCE
The Bombardment Was Terrif-
ic and Many Were Horribly
Mangled by the Large Shells.
Big Fleet Is at Large in
North Sea.

PARIS, April 3O.-German warships
have been seen off the Belgian coast,ae-
cording to an official statement given
out in Paris today. Nineteen large
shells have fallen on Dunkirk In the
Champagne district the enemy shelled
one of our ambulances, wounding q
doctor German warships are re-
ported at large off the coast of Bel
GUM.
Dunkirk yesterday received 10
shells of large calibre. Twenty per
sons were killed and As wounded.
Some houses were destroyed
v ,Phere nave been several dispatches
IN the last week indicating that Ger
man warships were at large il the
North sea, evidently having evaded
the British men-of-war which for
many months have been doing patrol
duty in front of the German naval
bases on the eastern side of the North
sea. j.
The latest report along that line was
brought in by Captain Scott of Swed
ish steamer, who declared he had seen
in the North sea a German fleet of 68
vessels of all classes. The officer did
not say where nor when the ships had
been sighted, but the inference was
that it was within a week.
Dunkirk is on the northern coast of
France, within few miles of the Bel
gian frontier 1t is at the northern
entrance of the English Channel, east
OF Dover and west OF 0stend
There have been four engagements
of importance in the North sea since
the beginning of the war. The first
was the battle of Helgoland, late in
August, in which British fleet sent
four German warships tosthe bottom.
In, October four German destroyers
were sunk in an engagement off the
Dutch coast. On December 16 a Ger
man cruiser squadron raided the east
cost of England, bombarding Scarbor-
ough and the Hartlepools, On Janu-
airy "a a British squadron intercepted
a German squadron while it was cross
ing the North sea to make another
raid and sunk the German cruiser
Bluecher.
An official statement from Paris
says German warships have appeared
off the Belgian coast and have bonn
barded Dnnkirk,, Twenty persons were
killed.
The presence of the German high
sea fleet in the North sea has been
reported several times recently and
an official statment issued in Berlin
a few days ago spoke of several ex-
petitions of this kline, made without
encountering the British fleet. The
captain of d Swedish steamer reported
8that on crossing the North sea few
days ago. he encountered large num-
her of German warships.
Marked progress apparently has
been made by the allies in their ef-
forts to win the Dardanelles by land
operations. Reports are fragmentary
and often conflicting, but they indi-
cate the British have established two
lines across the Gallipoli peninsula,
on the European side of the .Darda-
nelles. one near the tip and the sec
ond at the other end. near the en-
trance to the Sea of Marmora. An
official report from Berlin, based on
advices from the Dardanelles, says
severe fighting has occurred at the
town of Gallipoli. which lies on the
straits at the entrance to the Marmora.
This statement tends to confirm that