New Britain herald., 1916-04-25
Put to Rout By His Majesty's Sea Fighters and Forced to Flee for Safety, Pursued By the Union Jack-Battle Cruisers, Light Cruisers and Destroyers Involved.
FIRE ON COAST AS
 THEY PUT TO SEA

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 THEY PUT TO SEA Fatalities Follow Firing of Shells on
 Coast as Invaders Retreat-One of
 Several Attempts Made to Bombard
 Littora1 by Kaiser's War Vessels
 English Ships Hit But DO Not
 Sink.
 London, April 25, 1:45 D. m-Ger- man battle cruisers appeared off Lowestoft today.
 Local naval forces engaged the raiders, and also British light cruis- CTS.
 twenty minutes.
 Announcement of the appearance of the German warships was made in an official statement.
 The German warships opened fire on the coast before departing. Two men, one woman and a child were killed. The material damage appar- ently was small.
 Tn the engagement two British light cruisers and a destroyer were hit, but none of them was sunk.
 The following official announcement was made:
 At about 30 o'clock this morning the German battle cruiser squadron, accompanied by light cruisers and de- stroyers, appeared off Lowestoft. The local naval forces engaged it and in about twenty minutes it returned to Germany chased by our light cruisers and destroyers.
 "On shore two men, one woman and a child were killed. The mater ial damage seems to have been insig- nificant, so far as is known at present. Two British light cruisers and a de- Btroyer were hit, but none was sunk"
 Other Raids on English Coast.
 Lowestoft is on the North sea coast about one hundred miles to the north east of London. It is almost opposite The Hague.
 On previous occasions during war attacks on the English coast have been made by German warships. The most important raid was made on De- cember 16, 1914. The towns of Scar borough, Whitby and Hartlepool, about 150 miles north of Lowestoft, were bonn mbarded and about 130 per sons were killed. Aided by fog, the German vessels escaped.
 On January "A, 1915, a further at tempt of the kind was made but the German squadron was met off Dogger bank by the British battle cruiser squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Da- rid Beatty. On being sighted the Germans made for home at high speed. Their rear ship, the Bluecher, was sunk and two other cruisers were set on fire and damaged severely. The British flagship Lion was disabled by g. shot in one of her feed tanks and was lowed home. ..
 Important Engagement in 1914.
 The first German naval raid on the British coast was made on November g. 1914. Three battle cruisers, the Seydlitz MoItke and Von Der Tam, the armored cruisers Bluecher and Yorck and the, protested cruisers Kol- berg, Geraudenz and Strassburg, left port on the evening of November 2, and at dawn appeared off Yarmouth. They bombarded Yarmouth and Low estoft for about twenty minutes ana then returned. A British submarine the D-5-attempted to pursue the Germans but struck a mine and sank The Yorck also struck a mine and went down with 300 men.
 The raid on Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby was the most important of these ventures. The German cruisers poured a hail of sheels into the towns for an hour and half, and in addition to the large number killed 200 or more persons were wounded.
 Lowestoft, now raided for the sec- ond time by warships, is the most easterly town in England, an import ant fishing station and a fashionable seashore resort. Its population is about 30,000. This town has been at tackled on several occasions by Ger man aircraft.
 Three German Attacks RepuIsed.
 Paris. April 25, 12:01 D. m-Three successive attacks were made by the Germans last night on the new French positions in the region of Dead Man Hill, on the Verdun front. The war