New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-27
Fleets of 80 British
and so TeutOn
Ships in Action.
ENGLISH PLANES
RAID IN GERMANY
Two of Kaiser'S Patrol
Boats Sunk; Enemy
Destroyer Missing.
BY ARTHUR S. DRAPER.

London, March 26.-Unoficial
messages received after the issuance
of the Admiralty report indicate that
the full story Of Saturdays events
in the North Sea and off the German
coast have not yet been told.
Copenhagen kilograms speak of
heavy cannonading at sea; OF move
ments of many warships; Of fleets
Of eighty British vessels and of fifty
German craft; of battles in the air !;
of German aircraft seen going and
not returning; of a raid by two
British aeroplanes on Tondern, the
Zeppelin base, eight miles from the
coast Schleswig, and of other ma
chimes seen making for Wilhelms-
haven end Enlden.
No definite conclusion can be
formed pending the official news,
"but it is not unlikely" remarks
"The Daily News" "that we shall
hear of events of Importance in the
near future"
London, March 26.--Three British
aeroplanes which took part in raid
on German airship sheds in Schleswig
Holstein yesterday are missing. Two
German patrol vessels were sunk and
a British destroyer Is believed to have
been lost.
The following official statement was
issued tonight:
"An attack by British seaplanes was
delivered yesterday morning upon Ger
man airship sheds in Scheswig Hol-
stein, eastward of the island of Sylt.
The seaplanes were conveyed TO their
rendezvous close to the German coast
by an escorting force of light cruisers
and destroyers, under Commodore Tyr
whit.
"Three of the seaplanes which took
part in the attack are missing. The
destroyer Medusa was in collision With
the destroyer Laverock, and 1t Is feared
that in the stormy weather which pre-
vailed last night the Meduss may have
been lost, but no misgivings arc felt
ss to the safety of the crew. Two Ger
man armed patrol vessels were sunk
by our destroyers.
Operation Achieved Its Object
"No detailed report has yet been re-
ceived, but from Danish press mes
sages il would appear that this opera
ton, .whicn vas carried out within the
enemy's waters. achieved its object"
Dispatches from Esbjerg, Denmark,
70 the "Berlingske Tidende," says Reu-
ter's Copenhagen correspondent. report
great naval battle between the Ger
man and British fleets some three miles
off the Graadyb Lightship at midday
to-day.
The dispatch adds that Tondern. in
Schleswig- Holstein, has been bombed
by FIVE aeroplanes.
A dispatch 10 the Exchange Tele-
graph from Copenhagen says:
According to the 'Politiken.' large
British and German squadrons were OBJ
served yesterday along the west coast
OF Jutland. of Esbjerg and Fanoe. Ship
captains arriving at Esbjerg report that
they met a large German fotilla. con-
sisting Of five cruisers and twenty tor
pedo boats, yesterday morning. Fish
ing boats report that they saw twenty
British torpedo boats near Blaavan-
shuk. and that one Danish trawler
nearly collided with a British battle
ship.
Flaming Tra~lers in Flight.
at is supposed that the British fo-
tilla last night attacked and put the
German squadron 10 flight. The cap
tain Of the steamer Cimbria says he
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