Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-23
GERMANY SINKS Il
SHIPS IN NORTH SEA
SEA RAIDERS BREAK UP BRITISH
coNvOY-135 LIVES LOST
DEsTRoYERs FAIL.
FOUR ZEPS BROUGHT DOWN
Send Merchantmen Down-French
Wreck Aircraft-Russians in Sad
PIight-Part of Fleet Trapped
in Moon Sound.

On the water in Saturdays news
developments, which recorded the
breaking up of a merchant convoy
in the North sea, raiding cruisers of
Germany sank two British destroyers
and none of the IL conveyed ships.
Germany suffered little elss than
disaster in the air, however, when
four and probably five Zeppelin air.
ships, believed to be returning from
raid on England we're brought
down in French territory by airplane
and anti-aircraft gunfire.
The sea Tragedy cost the British
the lives of 1876 officers and men on
the destroyers, which were left to
their fate eby the German raiders, as
were the crews of the sinking mer-
chantmen. About 100 of the merchant
sailors, however, are known to have
reached the shore in boats or on
British patrol craft. All but three
of he trading ships were of Scandi-
navian nationality, most of them APP
parently being small vessels
German Ships Speedy
The character of the raiding war
ships is not apparent The British
admiralty describes them as very fast
and heavily armed. while Berlin in
its report refers to them as light
sea fighting forces" They escaped
the vigilance of he British guard
ships under cover of darkness both
on their outward and homeward
trips.
| The story of Germany's reverse in
the air began with the account of a
raid on England recently, in which
the bombs the zeppelins dropped
killed q persons and injured So
others. Re ports soon began to be
received, however, of Zeppelins being
brought down in France. These were
at first supposed to belong to an
independent raiding fleet. Dispatches
from France late in the day, how
ever, declared them to be the raid
ers returning from England. They
had appeared over French territory.
it was stated, and were scattered to
various parts of the country as the
alarm went out and the French air
men rose in swarms to attack them.
The Russian fleet which was
caught by the Germans in the waters
around the gulf of Riga is apparently
in desperate situation. Thee Ger
mans have sown mines souts of Moon
sound to block an exit to the Rus
slant there, while they are closing
, the route to the north by their OPP
erations for taking possession of
Dage island, which Berlin reports say
are proceeding according to the Ger
man plan.
On the western fighting front the
artillery battles aree continuing both
in Flanders and in thee Aisne region.
! but no infantry operation of moment
are reported. In none of the other
war areas have the operations been
] of nature to command especial at
i tention.
Russian Ships Escape.
Petrograd.-The Russians have sue
ceeded in getting all their ships ex-
cept observation elements out of
Moon sound without losses and in
perfect order, according to an Off
cial communication issued by the ma
rine department. The communication
says that Oesel and Moon islands
have definitely passed into the hands
of the Germans, but that the mill
tary operations on Dago island are
fbeing hampered by typographical con-
ditions, notably the marshy ground.
| 1855 Lives Lost at Sea.
London.-One hundred and fifty
lives were lost when five Norwegian,
one Danish and three Swedish vessels
were sunk by two German raiders in
the North sea.