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Show DESTROYERS IN BATTLE; BOTH SIDESJUFFER Germans Attempt Raid on the British Cross-channel Transport Service, and Lose Two Boats. NUMBER OF LIVES LOST IS UNKNOWN Submarine Sinks British Vessel Loaded With Cotton; Cot-ton; Other Ships Sent to Bottom. LONDON, Oct. 27, 4:14 p. m. Ten German torpedo boas destroyers attempted at-tempted to raid the British cross-channel transport sorvice last night, but the attempt failed, says an official statement state-ment issued by tho British admiralty to-daj to-daj Two of the German destroyers were sunk and the others were driven off. One British torpedo boat destroyer, the Flirt, is missing, the British statement state-ment adds, and another destroyer, the Nubian, was disabled by a torpedo and ran aground. Nine members of the crew of the Flirt were saved. The German destroyers succeeded in sinking one empty transport, the Queen. The crew was saved. The British admiralty announcement follows: During last night the enemy attempted at-tempted a raid wit.h ten destroyers on cur cross-channel transport service. serv-ice. The attempt failed. ' One enemy transport, the Queen, was sunk. The whole of her crew was saved. Two of the enemy destroyers were sunk and the rest were driven off. H. M. torpedo boat destroyer Flirt, Lieutenant Eichard P. Kel-lett, Kel-lett, H. N., is missing, and it is said he may bo lost, but nine of the crew have been saved. H. if. torpedo boat destroyer Nubian, Commander Montague Bernard, Ber-nard, E. N., was disabled by a torpedo tor-pedo and taken in tow, but owing to the bad weather the tow parted and she grounded. |