The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-21
CITY Of p0I|ER
IS RpMBlRDED
ENEMY SUBMARINE ATTACKS
DEFENsEGEss PORT.
ONE little .(G0H4I CHILD | IS kItLtIEIp <NLIEFIp
Many Persons Hurt and Several
Buildings ,Wreeked-Attack Fol-
lows Raid. At Sea In Which
Eight Boats Were Sunk.


London, Feb. 16.-An enemy sub.
marine bombarded the city, of Dover
on the east coast of England, this
morning, killing one child and injur-
ing three men, three women and
three children, Lord French, com.
mander-in-ch of the home defenses
announced this afternoon. ,.-....
The U-boat appeared at Dover
about one o'clock this morning and
the bombardment lasted only three
OF four minutes, during which time
thirty shells were fred. Several
houses were slightly damaged
... Followed Raids At Sea.
The submarine attack followed the
twenty-four hour German destroyer's
raid of British submarine patrols in
the western waters near Dover which
resulted in the sinking of trawler
and seven drifters. e.. 30.
Both the submarine and the re-
stroyers are believed to have ,operat-
ed fro mthe German naval base along
the Belgium coast.
Eight Vessels Sunk.
London, Feb. Height British
craft which We're hunting subma-
rines were sunk by raiding fiotilla
of enemy destroyers, it was announc.
ed officially today. .,. ..,..
After having sunk these vessels,
seven of which We're ~drifters" and
one a trawler, the enemy destroyers
returned rapidly northward before
they could be engaged. .e,..-..
The destroyer raid took place in
the Straits of, Dover, the official an.
nouncement states. p-..... 49,.
The admiralty statement reads:
"A swift raid was made by f1otilla
of large enemy torpedo boat destroy.
ers at a. m. today on our patrol
forces in Dover straits.
The following craft, which were
occupied in hunting submarine
which had been sighted by the patrol,
were sunk:
"Trawler, James Pond; drifters,
Jamie Murray, Glover Bank, W. Ell
mott, Cosmos, Silver Queen, Veracity
and Christina Craig.
after having sunk these vessels
the enemy destroyers returned rap
idly to the north before any of our
forces could engage them"
60. British in Successful Raid
London, Feb. ia successful raid
was carried out last night on the
Ypres sector and in the neighborhood
of The Staden railroad station, accord
ing to Field Marshal Haig's report
today.
The British casualties were slight.
Eleven prisoners. were taken. North
of Lens and opposite Labassee hos
tile areillerying was in progress this
morning. s q, ...~.. . ,,-s
., French Air Men Busy. ..
Paris, Feb, 16.-Three and one-half
tons of bombs were. dropped by the.
French .aviators on the railroad sta
tions. at Phion village, Conhaux and
Chambles Tuesday night, the war Of
flee announced today, Firing and
explosions followed the lombard
ment. ......
- Activity On American Sector.
Berlin, Feb, 16.--,Lively artillerying
developed southeast of Tahure, the
was Office announced today. ......
(1t is in this. sector where the
American artillery aided the French
infantry. Tahure is but short dis
tance from Mensil) a..,... ~.. .
Enemy Forces Unchanged.
Rome Feb. 16. = Germany has
countermanded her transfer of troops
from the eastern to the western front
because of the failure Of the Brest-
Litovsk negotiations, according to
Rome dispatches today. ..
, Further Advances In Palestine.
London, Feb. 15.-British forces in
Palestine advanced on an average of
two miles over six mile front from
the village of Mukhnas, General Al
lenby reported today. .,r-~.
Gas Attact On Americans
With the American Army in France,
Feb. 16-The Germans opposite the
Americans early today made an un'
successful bombardment with gas shells
German aeroplanes in large numbers
were driven off by the American mach
ines and anti-aircraft batteries. =. .s.
Gas shells in considerabl number
from the German guns fell within the
American sector making necessary the
wearing of masks in all parts Of the
trenches for more than three hours.
! One Casualty ~ "
One American was injurd by an
exploding shell, but so excellent has
been the natigas training of the men
that not single case of gas POISONING
was reported. The duration of the shell
ing was two hours, but traces of the
poisonous fumes remained for another
hour. E ,He
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