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THRILLING STORIES:
"HOW THE TOWNS FARED.;
GERMANY'S VERSION OF THE BOMBARDMENT.
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MORE TERMINOLOGICAL INEXACTITUDES.!! A couple of flashes and the rear of big It is officially stated from Berlin, in guns startled the people of Scarborough, connection with the raid on the English THE ENGLISH COAST RAID. most of whom were at breakfast, in the coast, that when the Germans were gaslight, as it was an unusually dark approaching England, of four British
destroyers attaching morning.
cruiss7s one was sunk and the others were GRAPHIC DETAILS:
One light cruiser came close to the shore, damaged and disappeared. The German while a bigger vessel at a distance was firships received some shots from the const ing recklessly. The whole sea front was batteries with but slight damage. ewept with a rapid succession of shells,
Hartlepool batteries were silenced, and a Most damage was done at Castle Hill British destroyer was sunk elsewhere. Castle, the keep of which was damaged. Shells struck the General Hospital and the Royal Northern Infirmary, where there were wounded soldiers, but none Berlin was decked out with flags and the pendente bells were rung for the alleged victories Many were injured.
The Town Hall and several churches in Poland and the naval raid, were damaged, and telegraph wires people demand that those who took part broken down. The western part of the in the attack on Scarborough, Hartle
the Iron Cross. town suffered badly. Many houses were pool, and Whitby shall be decorated with
Telegrams to Australian papers con cerning the raid on the English coast on the 16th Deceraber state that the shelling of Scarborough by German warships began at 8 o'clock in the morning, when most people were at breakfast. Many of the residents fled towards Hüll.
The Exchange Telegraph Company re porte that four cruisers took part in the bombardment. Huge holes were made in several buildings, and the town hall was slightly damaged. The Scarborough wire less station, however, is intact. The first report was that 18 people were killed.
About forty shells fell in the town. The objective points were apparently the wire- less station and the town hall. Two shells
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munion service, but the congregation re mained calm.
The German cruisers steamed slowly past the town, firing as they moved.
THE WHITBY VISITATION. Two cruisers bombarded Whitby, on the Esk, 17 miles north of Scarborough. A number of houses and Whitby Abbey were partially destroyed.
Thirty shells were thrown into Whitby, some falling three miles inland.
The damage is chiefly confined to the Meadowfield district.
Under cover of a haze the warships ap proached to within a mile of Whitby The first shot lodged at Eastcliffe, and then the Germans got the range, and It is ehelle rained into the town.
estimated that 200 projectiles were fired Many fell short
The fire was directed at the coastguard buildings, which were slightly damaged. Windows wore broken throughout the town, and otherwise the damage was apparently not serious.
Many precautions had been planned in the east coast towns, and these were carried out. The gas was turned off at North Shields, and the military guarded the post office."
SCENE IN HARTLEPOOL, TROOPS PARATED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE LANDING
A wounded rodent who has arrived in were destroyed at East Scarborough. He adds that the population generally is calm.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED. The persons killed at Scarborough include several childron and Mr. John Hall, an ex-alderman of the town.
A postman was about to land a letter to a servant when a shell exploded between them. Both were killed
A mother and daughter who wore fleeing from their house were killed on the door- stop. Elsewhere a mother and her two children were killed.
CHASE OF RAIDING SQUADRON
The Hull trawler Cassandre, when 30 miles from Scarborough on December 16th saw a Germanu dreadnought and seven guns. other warships firing their Their shells hissed overhead. One narrowly missed the mast of the trawler.
A British squadron, about 10 miles in the rear, followed, firing for half no hour. The squadron then gradually relinquished the chase. S
Correspondents on the east coast suggest at the German warships follow British trawlers, knowing that they are then in
A message from Copenhagen on Decca ber 19th says that Naval circles in Hamburg are sharply discussing the German raid on the British coat. A number of non-Prussian naval officers. decured that it was against their sense of honour to shell unfortified towns. The Kaizer and the Admiralty, however, over- ruled their objection.
Several submarines accompanied the raiders, and other vessels were ready to sail if the German ships got into trouble.
If the weather makes it possible similar. raids will, it is stated, be organised at short intervals, and an attempt will be will expect to be taken prisoners, but made to land a few thousand men, who may force a recall of troops from the Continent.
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The Vienna Press is jubilant at the east coast raid.. The Neue Freie Pressse says:The insolent foe now knows what
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The Neue Wiener Journal declares England must now fight for her own existence. This is the turning point of
the war.
FOREIGN PRESS COMMENTS.
MURDEROUS HALICE." The Daily Telegraph's New York correspondent reports that a Wall Street journal describes the bombardment of undefended places as "an act of coward-
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When the thunder of the guns was first DESTROYER FLOTILLA ATTACKED extended to the High Sea Fleet, whose AHOT. From No. 10 to 8996, at 86, 37
heard at West. Hartlepool the inhabitants regarded it as gan practice. Then they heard explosions in the direction of the railway station and chipyards, anıl saw the gas holders and timber yards on the into diamez, The water front burst weather wae hazy, nothing being visible except sudden jets of flame when the forts came into action.
all the troops were paraded to prevent a possible landing being made by the Germans. Shops and offices were emptied and business suspended. The waterworks were partly damaged, and several houses. in the higher parts of the town were, wresked.
A wounded lieutenant and six men froin A destroyer are in hospital at South Shields.
It is stated that three German cruisers and four destroyers attacked the Tyne flotilla
A shell explodet aboard a do- stroyer and wounded others besides the seven who are in hospital.
THE CASUALTY LIST. The total casualties on the east coast were 110 killed and 405 wounded. A shell killed 16 schoolboys at Hartlepool.
The list of casualties includes Hartie pool's 68 civilians, eight soldiers, and 4 scilors.
added that one prevalent view in America is that the confusion which is apparently dominating Germany's military staff has enforced inactivity must have been very
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GERMANS WILL NEVER LAND ON BRITISH (TES AIR GUNS in Variety.
The Italian newspapers severely censure the Germans for their bombard- ment of Scarborough and Whitby, as they
bombarding.
are open towns, and are not situated in They the region of war operations. quote this latter phrase from an official German communication of Devember 10th, in which Germany protested against the
of Freiburg. The Messagere states that airmen merely flew over Freiburg and bombed the military buildings, while the German bombardment of the British towns WHE unarmed citizens, thus proving the hatred which is burning in the German people and the Keiser against the English. The action may be repeated, the paper adds, but the Germans will never land on British soil.
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Many people ran to the park, and A coastguardɛman at Scarborough stuck intended to destroy everything and killURNITURE AND PHOTO GOODS
several shells ell in their midst. None
were hurt.
Retients at Blackhall Rocks, five miles from West Hartlepool, saw ships firing broadsides, then wheeling round and firing opposite broadsides.
It is reported that the raiding warships displayed British signals, and were taken for friendly vessels until they opened fire.
One family, consisting of father, mother, and x childre, at Hartlepool, were killed. In another eve only one child of a family of tour e caped. Several children who were proceeding to school
were killed
William Avery, a Salvation Army adju- tant, who was killed at Hartlepool, leaves a widow and five children.
A shell burst among a group of volun- tcore and killed seven..
to his post through a rain of shells until his signals reached the authorities. The station was blown to stoms after he quitted it.
The Admiralty announces that five patrolmen were killed and 15 wounded off Hartlepool.
OBJECT OF RAID TO RELIEVE. GERMAN DEPRESSION.
The belief is expressed that the objects of the raid were to relieve the depression in Germany and to create a panic in England; in the hope of retarding rein- forcemeats for the Continent. Another as object, equally futile, was to divert some of the warships guarding the North Sea, and thereby enable the would-be raiders to reach the trade routes or contraband to enter Germany. The Emden's fate and the result of the Falkland Islands battle were also great factore
HARTLEPOOL FORTS RESPOND
The newspapers recall Count Revent The Press Bureau reports that the low's recent statement that the Germans Germans engaged the fortress at West must see clearly in order to fight with
This Hartlepool, but were driven off. bombardment was simultaneous with the success, and must fight ruthlessly in the fring at Scarborough, and lasted 26 proper meaning of the word. minutes.
One shell set fire to the gasworks. Rows of houses were destroyed and a number of people, were killed.
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FRENCH CALL IT "MASSACRE."
The Paris newspapers are indignant at the massacre-such is the term used in describing the German naval raid on the Yorkshire coast. The papers say that Germany's action will arouse a spirit in England which will prove fatal to the German Navy. They describe that Davy walking into the lion's mouth.” AMERICA AND THE RAJD. President Wilson and Mr. Bryan, the Secretary for State, have decided not to make any representations to Germany concerning the bombardment of the east coast of England. Certain American papers have pointed out that America is involved in such a breach of international law, but the President wishes to avoid all
The New York Tribune states that Sosion 1913, entanglements in the present conflict. civilised opinion everywhere will share in the indignation against the bonbardment of undefended coast towns. Such ruth- lessness will come home to roust.
The New York Times says that rathless massacre of non-combatants has aroused
The War Office reports: Two Ger- man battle cruisers, and some armoured will be. The possibility of a raid was world-wide and angry resentment, which
cruisers, began the bombardment of Hart epool at 815 in the morning. The land batteriet replied, and apparently hit and damaged the enemy's vessels. The firing ceaser at 8.30, and the cruisers
None of our runs were touched. A shell fell in the Reval Engineers' lines, end several in the lines of the 18th Service Battalion. The Durham Light Infantry lost seven killed and 14 wounded.
"Some damago was done in the town, where the gasworks were set on fire."
During the bombardment, especially at West Hartlepool, the streets were crowded.
"Simultaneously a battle cruiser and. an armoured cruiser fired fifty shots into Scarborough, and these did considerable A'damege
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"Two battle cruisers fred shots into Whitby, and damaged soine buildings
The War Offer, adds that at all places there was an entire absence of panic, and e demeanour of the people, was every- thing that could be desired,
FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS. Pathetic redes were witnessed at the funerals of the victims of the German hombardment at Scarborough The Archbishop of York, Dr. Cosmo Lang, in the course of an address at a memorial service, stated that the death of the innocents would be & reminder, of the ruthless ferocity of the war spirit which the Allies were striving to destroy.
The Times states that although there was some excitement there was not the bombardments are utterly useless. The slightest trace of panic and there never videly known. "We fully expect the German ships to come again," anys. The Times
but they will come once too often
RAID A VIOLATION OF HAGUE
CONVENTION,
"UP AND AT 'EM."
will not fail to be projudicial to Germany.
A London message says the raid is materially increasing the number of men reporting for enlistment, particularly in the ares affected by Wednesday's bom bardment. The authorities are placard- The indignation which has been univering the country with a poster headed sal.y aroused by the attack, which in the Avenge Scarborough," and a sub- case of such undefended towns as Whitby heading, Up and at em. The poster violation adds: The wholesale murder of inno- and Ecarborough manifests &
cent women and children demands. of The Hagus Convention, is exceeded orly by sympathy with the innocent vengeance. Show the Gerntan barbarians victims of the barbaric act.
that they cannot bombard Britain's It is generally agreed among experts shores with impunity." who are discussing the bombardment that our control of the North Sex fleet cannot everywhere be absolute. Moreover, the blockade of the German consts is not a close blockade, as in older wars, inasmuch as it was intended to tempt the Germans to come into the open,
SCARBOROUGH A FORTIFIED
PLACE!
WHAT BRITAIN WILL GAIN.
TWO NEW ARMY CORPS."
Mr. T. J. Macnamara, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, addressing o gathering of engineers at Cathcart, said that the Germans were rapidly becoming desperate in launching their venom and hatred at Great Britain. He did not know what military purpose they had Captain von Papen, the German attache hoped the bombardment would serve, but to the German Embassy at Now York, has 1 it was worth two new army corps to Great issued a statement to the effect that the Britain. German attacks made on Whitby, Scar borough, and Hartlepool do not infringe The Hague Convention of 1207, as Article The Matin teproduces stamps, prepared One only prohibits attacks upou unforti-in Berlin, indicating that Switzerland fled or undefended places. The Eglish would become part of the German Empire. towns, be claims, are fortified or defended Princess Patricia's Regiment is now in
contingent to reach the front, by troops. Hence they are open to bom the firing live, This is the first Canadian
bardment.
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