The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-10-21
GERMANS WIN
ON WATER BUT
LOSE IN AIR
Four Zepplins Are Brought
Down While Merchant Con-
vOys Sunk Oil Coast.
AIR SQUAD ASSAILS LONDON
Air and Ocean Arc Scenes OF
Terrific Enconnters-Iwo-
Thirds OF German Fleet Fail
TO Destroy Russians.
AIR SQUAD ASSALl-S LONDON
tBy Associated Press

The Germans scored Oh the wa,.r
today, according to news r5po,...
which recorded the breaking up of
merchant con cy5 IL the North Sea
Dy raidmg cruisers that san9 two
British dcsIo$e.s and nine out OF
Wcllc convoy ships
However successful he Germans
We're on the water they suffered i'll
lie less than di.asjer in the air. when
four Iepplin5 airships were bro',.nt
down on French territory by arDla4e
un fire
1t is believed that the attack on
he convoy was made by two German
raiders which entered the Norm sea
rom the Kiel Canal
The attack took place of the up
coast OF England, where Two Brit
ish destroyer5, five Norwegian, three
Swedish and 'one Danish merchant
vessels were sent 10 the bottom.
Three other merchant ships managed
to escape the raiders suns
The raiding cruisers used SIX inch
guns. which We're more than a match
or the small destroyer8
Paris Oct. 2o.-Two Ieppelins were
brought down in flames and two otn-
ers were forced 20 land near the AL
satan border last night They are
jalt of the large squadron of aircraft
which flew over The Vosage5.
London, Oct 20-Zeppelins last
hight raided the eastern and north
eastern counties of England ana ap-
preached London.
They dropped bombs at several
places, killing twen-y-seven and
wounding tifty-three in all sections,
it was Officially announced The
statement says also that material
lamage was done houses and business
places.
Although bombs fell in the London
lrea, the protective runs were busy
lcr only a few minutes and i is be
lieved that tle raiders We're checked
before making any serious attempt at
Lne inner part Cl tnc CltE
Apparently the Russian fleet III The
Battle in and around Moon Sound,
north of the Gulf oi Riga. Wednesday,
gave a good account Of Itself against
the superior enemy The Russian
admiralty says the entire Third and
Fourth squadron5 of the German high
seas fleet and probably the Fiftn
squadron took part in he engage
nent. The three 8Quadrons comprise
twothirds of the German fleet
The battle ship Slaya was the only
vessel Of the Russian feet lost, while
the Russians accounted for two ,rawl-
ers Three German torpedo boats
were sunk by striking Russian mines.
The Russian feet withdrew into
Moon Sound before the sinking of the
Slava, which was the only vessel TO
be damaged seriously.
The Germans have landed troops
on Dago Island, which lies to the
north of Oesel Island and forms he
northern boundary of Kasaar piay.
What progress they nave made IN oc-
cupying the island has NOT been es-
This is the last Of the
large islands III the northeM part of
the Gulf of Riga yet in Russian hands
and bars the way to he Gulf OF Fin
land.
An East Coast Town, Oct. 20.-Sev-
en- or more zeppelirs crossed the east
coast at about 8 O'Clock last night,
four going in one direction and three
in another AT s1:3O oclocs, one
Zeppelin passed out on the home
ward journey This airship dropped
six bombs at II o'clock and three at
11:15. The noise Of its engines was
heard for twenty minutes.