The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-26
London Admiralty Reports Only
Little Damage Done.
Escapes Under Veil of Darkness
After BOmbardment.
GERMANS ATTACK At VERDUN
Storm Hill 3O4 and Capture
500 French Prisoners.
Berlin Gives Full Account of
Recent North Sea Clash.

London, Jan. 26.-An unidentified
German vessel shelled the Suffolk
coast of England last night There
were no casualties.
The following official announcement
was given out today:
"a small unidentified German vessel
approached the Suffolk coast asst
night and fired a number of shells.
only a portion of which reached The
land. There were no casualties and
only insignificant damage
Hand to Hand Fighting.
Berlin, Jan. IS, via Sayville Wire
less-French trenches on Height 3o4
were stormed by German forces on 4
width of 1,416 yards G.60o metersl
and captured 500 prisoners, today's
official statement declared.
The statement said:
ION the west bank of the Mouse, in
the sector of General of Infantry Won
Francois under Lieutenant General
Won Demborne, in command of West
falian and part of Badish regiments
of proved valor, efficiently assisted by
artillery and mine throwers, stormed
French trenches on Height 304 in a
breadth of 1000 meters.
I'm the hand 20 hand fighting, the
enemy suffered sanguinary losses and
left in round figures 500 prisoners in
our hands, among whom were twelve
officers and ten machine guns.
''At the night time the French
launched a counter attack which fail
Attack enterprises on Dead Mans
Hill and northeast of Avocourt
brought desired results
Germans Lost Heavily.
Paris, Jan 26-On the Verdhn
front last night the Germans made at
tacks at four points between Avo-
court wood and Deadman Hill To-
days war office announcement says
the Germans were driven back with
severe losses, altho they penetrated
advanced trenches near Hill 304.
In Upper Alsace the Germans left
their trenches at two points to attack.
but were checked by the French artii-
1ery.
Exploit of the V-6s.
Berlin, Jan. 26.-via sayville wire
Jess-The German official version of
the recent North sea destroyer battle
was issued today by the official press
bureau 1t read:
Immediately beginning the engage
tment. which took place in the dark
ness the commander of the V-69,
which received full hit by which
the bridge was struck. was killed. He
was Captain of Flotilla Corvette Max
Schultz, who since the beginning al
WAYS had commanded his flotilla with
courage and success. The hit also
killed some other officers and ranks
and damaged the steering gear, caus-
ing a collision with other boats.
1.-The V-69 then in a heavily dam
aged condition, entered the Dutch port
of Ymuiden, unmolested by the enemy.
1.-The boat rammed by the V-69 con-
tinued to participate in the combat,
! despite damages and in the future
course of the struggle heavily dam
aged an English destroying by ram
ming it. The vessel rammed was in
a sinking condition.
Attic its speed was diminished by
the double ramming. the German tor
pedo boat succeeded in reaching its
German support unhindered by the
enemy.
"a third German boat which had a
long contact with the others encount-
cred numerous hostile torpedo boat de-
stroyers 1t Immediately entered into
action and sank one large hostile de-
stroyer by a torpedo hit at the short
est range.
THE hostile forces being superior.
the boat stopped fighting and arrived
in port unmolested by our adversary,
and unchanged"
Further Advance on Riga Front.
Berlin, Jan 26.-(via Sayville wire
less)-Capture or further RUSSIAN
positions on both sides of the river
IA (Riga 'front.' and repulse of strong
hostile counter attacks on the east
bank were announced in today's Of
fetal statement. Five hundred pris-
oners were brought in from these
operations.
I Archduke Joseph's forces in the
Bereck mountains (Rumania) re-
pulsed attacks of several Rumanian
companies in the Casinu valley.
CALLED TO CHICAGO