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Show BELIEVES Hi 1 DID GREfiT DAMAGE Correspondent Tells of Raid of British Into German Waters at Cuxhaven (Spr .1 CAble bv ArrsnRwaea W th London Dally Te osnlph end In vroatlonal Nvws Service.) ON THE EAST COAST Dec 28. De spite the oMdal German denials there Is excellent reason for believing that con elderable damage was done by the British airmen wl o bombarded Cuxhaven Some reliable reports have It that the Parse al shed with the airship It conta ned was destrojed and a number of Zeppe In sheds with their contents were badly knocked about. Wh le our men were busy the Germans discovered the presence of the escortin0 crui era and destroyers and two Zep pel ns, with some ae oplanes and sub marines, set off to attack them. The Zeppelins were the first to get to work but they did not make good practice For come n omenta the huge aircraft dropped bombs Ucessantly without strk ing any of the English ship. The lugl angle fire from the cruise -b then forced them to withdraw one showing signs of havb g been hit and badly Injured Both the Arethusa and Unuauntea man aged to get in some successful shots be fore the enemy s aeroplanes were beond range. , ,i , T e greater danger to the English war ships however was the submarines which made co stanUat emp s to reach the cruisers They w ere con pletely baffled b the masterly seamansh p si ow n in hand Ing the destroyers wh cl maneuv ered at high speed arou d the larger ves sels and thus successfu ly repe ed every atten pt to torpedo them. Meanwhie the Br tlsh airmen return Ing to the r ships became engaged with the enemv aircraft. The German account speaks of damsge done to the Br tls s ps In the conf ct. It is an undenable fact however that e ery cruiser destro) er and subn ar ne has ow returned to Its base without hav ing suffered any loss of 1 fe or material |