The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-25
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ing. The first contingent, described
settles last Thursday and was sent
north almost at once, presumably to
the battle front.
Constantinople reports virtual cessa-
ton of the fighting along the Tigris,
following the defeat of the latest Brit
ish attempt to- advance toward Kut-
el-Amara. Flood conditions along the
river prevented pursuit of the British,
the war office announced.
/ Eight PLANES Destroy Suez Camp.
A raid by eight British aeroplanes
on a hostile camp at Quatia in Egypt,
the British authorities who declare
that the camp was destroyed and that
the hostile forces apparently began to
withdraw from the district.
Warships Shell Germans.
| London, April 25.-An attack on
coast by warships is reported in an
Exchange Telegram dispatch from
Amsterdam. The bonn bardment is de-
| scribed as one of the heaviest in this
region during the war
The dispatch says the following
message has been received in Amster-
/ dam from Flushing:
Several British warships accom-
panied by destroyers and other vessels
Yesterday bombarded Zeebrugge and
the German batteries of Heyst, Blan-
kenberghe and Knocke The lombard
ment was one heaviest since the be-
ginning of the war and also of the
longest duration.
| The damage done at Zeebrugge is
said to have been enormous. The har-
Dor and docks were hit several times
and some ships were sunk.
British aircraft also threw bombs
on German batteries"
100 Killed on Former Attack.
On previous occasions attacks have
been made on the English coast dur
ing the war time by German warships
The most important raid was made
December 16, 1914. The towns of
Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool,
about $50 miles north of Lowestoft,
were bombarded and about 100 per-
sons were killed. Aided by the fog
the German vessels escaped. On jan
uary "a, 1915, a further attempt of
the kind was made, but the German
squadron was met off Doggerbank by
the British cruiser squadron under
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 a shot in one of her
feed talks and was towed home.
First Raid November 3, 1914.
The first German naval raid on the
British coast was made on November
3, 1914. These battle cruisers, the
Seydlitz. Moltke and Won Der Tam,
the armored cruisers, Bluecher and
Yorck and the protected cruisers Kol-
berg, Graudenz and Strassburg, left
port on the evening of November 3
and at dawn appeared off Yarmouth.
They bombarded Yarmouth and Lowe
stoft for about 20 minutes and then
retired A British submarine-the
D-5-attempted to pursue the Ger
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The Yorck also struck a mine and
went down with 800 men.
The raid on Hartlepool, Scarbor-
ough and Whitby was the most inn
portant of these ventures The Ger
man cruisers poured a hail of shells
into the towns for an hour and half
and in addition to the large number
killed 200 or more persons were
wounded; News of the raid produced
t, greatest excitement in England
where it was thought for a time that
an attempt at an invasion of the coun-
try might be underway.
Lowestoft. now raided for the Sec
ond time by warships is the most east
erly town in England, and has been
attacked on several occasions by
German aircraft.
: Five Zeppelins Visit England.
London. April 25.-Seventy bombs
were dropped during last nights Yep
pelin raid. One man was injured
Four or five zeppelins. the officia
press bureau says took part in the
raid.
The official statement says: Las
nights air raid over the Norfolk anG
Suffolk coast appears to have beer
carried out by four or five Zeppelins
: only two of which made a serious at
tempt to penetrate inland Abou
seventy bombs appear to have beer
! dropped.
'One man is reported seriously in
jured. No further details of casu.
alt1es are now available"
Two British Vessels Sink.
4 London, April 25.-The British