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Show AID DESTROYER LOST One of the Planes, With a Crew of Five Men, Descends De-scends in Holland. LONDON", Dec. 15 A British airship is believed to have been destroyed by a hostile hos-tile seaplane and a second British airplane air-plane was forced to descend in Holland, acconline; to an officio! announcement tontuht. It was also officially announced that a British destroyer had been sunk-Tile sunk-Tile text of the official announcement by the admiralty, telling of the losses, reads: "A llritish a'rship of the non-rigid type, with a crew of five, which proceeded on patrol Tuesday from an east coast base, has nut returned, and from the Information Informa-tion available it is believed she has been destroyed hv a hostile seaplane in the southern part of the North sea. ' 1 second airship of similar type was forced to descend in Holland through eneine failure on Wednesday. "One of his majesty's destroyers was sunk on "Wednesday after helnff in collision. col-lision. All the officers and the ship's company were saved except two men. who are presumed to have been drowned." Dispatches from Holland on Thursday announced that an airship, believed to be English, had landed in a Dutch village. |