The Archive · 1914

A Zeppelin and Six Batteries Wrecked

Dover, Oct. 21. British men-of-war have been doing great work on the Belgian const, They watched the enemy at night time digging trenches by the light of flares, took their exact range and shelled the enemy heavily at daylight, inflicting a loss of 1,600 men in one day and wrecking six batteries.

The first shot on Sunday destroyed a Taube aeroplane and wrecked a Zeppelin. On Monday the enemy's submarines made fruitless efforts to sink the British men-of-war, their torpedoes all missing their aim, London, Oct. 21.

HIM, cruiser Attentive returned Dover on Monday morning, seven of her crew having been wounded by shrapnel while she was bombarding the Germans on the Belgian coast. The bombardment continues.

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