Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1914 — SUBMARINE RAID ON DOVER FOILED BY BRITISH FORTS [ARTICLE]

SUBMARINE RAID ON DOVER FOILED BY BRITISH FORTS

One of Kaiser's Craft Is Reported Sunk. CRUISER NUERNBERG IS LOST English Fleet That Won Battle Off Falkland Islands Destroys Fleeing Vessel and Pursues the Dresden. Dover, Dec. 11.—German submarines made an attack at the eastern entrance of Admiralty harbor In the morning. Six vessels are believed to have participated in the attack. One report says that one was sunk and others were hit by the fire of the British forts and warships. No damage was done to the British vessels. The attack was made under cover of darkness, and during a heavy rain storm. Forts Sight Raiders. An attempt was made to enter the harbor by the eastern entrance and at least three and probably six submarines were In the flotilla. The channel forts commenced firing in the direction of the submarines and kept up the fire for half an hour. At the same time a torpedo-boat destroyer flotilla put to sea, where it remained all day. Great crowds gathered on the water front and watched the searchlights and artillery fire. Powerful searchlights were kept sweeping the surface of the sea from piers and breakwaters. About one hundred rounds were fired from the guns of the eastern pier batteries during the operations. The gunners declare they sunk one and hit others of the submarines. Dover is opposite the French town of Calais and Is one of the chief ports of communication between England and the continent. Its construction was begun in 1898 and completed in 1909, at a cost of $17,500,000. There are numerous forts guarding the entrance. Nuernberg Is Sunk. The German cruiser Nuernberg, which withdrew from the battle off the Falkland islands last Tuesday and attempted to escape in company with the cruiser Dresden* while the British warships under Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Doveton Sturdee were sinking the cruisers Scharnhorst, Gnelsenau and Leipslg, was hunted across the water the same day. This information was contained in a statement of the British official press bureau, made public. The statement added that search for the Dresden was still proceeding. Berlin Admit* Lotsea. Berlin, via London, Dec. 11.—An official communication issued by the admiralty reproduces the statement of the British admiralty regarding the sinking of the German cruisers off the Falkland Islands, and adds: "Our losses seem to have been great. Concerning the strength of the enemy, whose losses are reported to be small, the English dispatches say nothing." Rumor Dresden Cornered. Although the official press bureau says the British men of war are still seeking for the last one of Admiral von Spee’s vessels, unofficial reports received in Buenos Aires say the Dresden has been cornered in the Straits of Magellan, the tortuous waterway leading from the Atlantic to the Pacific at the southernmost point of South America. Marine Insurance Drops. The destruction of a majority of the ships of the German squadron had an immediate effect on insurance rates, and the government rate for insurance of cargoes against war risk was > reduced from two guineas to one and one-half guineas per cent. Buenos Aires dispatches say that the naval division commanded by Admiral Sturdee is understood to include ninev warships, notably the British battle cruisers Lion and Indefatigable.