Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1918 — 4 GERMAN SHIPS SUNK [ARTICLE]

4 GERMAN SHIPS SUNK

BRITISH AND FRENCH WIN FIGHT OFF DUNKERQUE. Two Enemy Destroyers and Torpedo Boats Sent to Btfttom—Survivors Picked Up. London. March 22.—Two enemy destroyers and two enemy torpedo boats have been sunk by a force of five British and French destroyers, the admiralty announced. One British destroyer was damaged. The engagement occured off Dunkerque. The British casualties were slight. There were no French casualties. The announcement is as follows: “Vice Admiral Doner reports that an action occurred off Dunkerque between four and five o’clock in the morning. Two British and three French destroyers were engaged with a force of German destroyers, which had previously bombarded Dunkerque for fen minutes. - , “Two enemy destroyers and two enemy torpedo boats are believed to have been sunk. Survivors have been picked up from two enemy torpedo boats, j “No- allied vessels Were sunk. One ' British destroyer was damaged, but reached harbor. The British casualties were slight. There' were no French casualties.”