The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-26

London. April 25.--A remarkable
attic Of airships, war vessels and an
dersaa craft was fought off the north
cast coast of England just az dawn
vas breaking today
\ German cruiser squadron ac-
comranied by Zeppclins and sub
mar .es bombarded Lowestoft, 100
miles northeast Of London. at $50
A. NJ. ard was driven OF after a TWEEN
ty-minute battle IN which British light
,ruisers. deEroysrs and aeroplanes
took part
graphic account of the unpre-
cedented fchting. which ragged stimuli
taneousiy on the sea. above the sea
and under the sea IS given in an Of
ficial statement issued tonight by the
admiralty The statement says:
During the operations Monday the
German battle cruiser squadron off
the east coast and two zeppelins were
pursued by naval and land machines
over sixty miles out To sea. Bombs
and darts were dropped, but apQar-
entity without serious effect.
IAN aeroplane and a seal plane at
tackled the German ships of Lowe
stoft. dropping heavy bombs. Four
German subrarin~~ also were attack
Il by bombs. One seapiane came
under neaYs ltt, 4,oil the hostile
fleet, but the pilot. though seriously
wounded. succeeded in bringing mis-
machine safely back TO land. II 10 re-
GREETED that one pilot is reported miss
ing He assembled during the Zeppelin
raid earlier IN the morning and APP
pears to have attacked q Zeppelin of
L+owestott al about .05 A NJ. He has
not been heard from since
About seventy bombs were dropped
in the Zeppelin raid on the Norfolk
and Suffolk Counties. One man liz re-
ported seriously injured"
In addition TO the missing pilot the
British suffered damage to two light
cruisers and a destroyer. The ma
teriai damage Of the bomhardment of
I.owestoft is said to have been small.
Two men, one woman and child
were killed in their beds
London. April 25.-German battle
cruisers appeared OFF Lowestoft today.
Announcement OF the appearance OF
the German warships was made in
an offfcial statement.
Local naval forces engaged the
raiders and also British light cruisers,
The German warships retreated In
twenty minutes,
In the engagement two British light
cruisers and destroyer were nit, but
none OF them was sunk.
Three Killed On shore.
The German warships opened fre
on the coast before departing. Two
men, one woman and child were
killed. The material damage appar-
entity was small.
Other Raids on Coast.
Lowestoft is on the North Sea coast
about 100 miles to the northeast of
London. II is almost opposite The
Hague.
on previous occasions attacks have
been made on the English coast dur
ing the war by German warshipsl The
most important raid was made De-
cember rs, 1914. The towns of Scar
borough whitby and Hartlepool,
about $50 miles north OF Lowestoft.
were bombarded and about 1870 per-
sons were killed. Aided by fog the
German vessels capped
On January ~. 1918. 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
David 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 dis
abled by a shot in one Of her feed
tanks and was towed home.
Previous Attack On Lowestoft-
The nrst German naval raid on the
British coast was made on November
8, 1914 Three battle cruisers, the
Seydlitx, Moltke and Won der Tam. the
armored cruisers Bluecher and Yorck
and the projected cruisers Kolberk.
Graudenz and Strassburg left port on
the evening OF November 2, and at
dawn appeared of Yarmouth. They
bombarded Yarmouth and Lowestoft
for about twenty minutes and then re-
turned A British submarine-the
D-5--attempted to pursue the Ger
mans. but struck a mine and sank.
The Yorck also struck mine and
went down with 500 men.
/ The raid on Hartlepooi. Scar
and whitby was the most I'M