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Show ENGLISH SINK FOUR GERMANVESSELS FIGHT TAKES PLACE OFF THP COAST OF HOLLAND WHILE ENGAGED IN SCOUTING. Britons Take Terrible Revenge forth Sinking of the Hawke, Four German Ger-man Destroyers Being Sent to the Bottom During Battle. London. The British navy on Sat urday avenged the Hawke, the Brit ish cruiser sunk off the coast of Scot land by a German submarine, by send ing to the bottom four German tor pedo boat destroyers off the coast o! Holland. The terrible execution the mos brilliant naval feat thus far recorded in the war was accomplished by the British light cruiser Undaunted, fight ing with the indomitable courage of 2 great lion of the sea driven to bay The cruiser was attacked by a fleel of the enemy's destroyers while oi patrolling duty, according to the offi cial announcement of the press bu reau of the admiralty, which con firmed the news of the victory. She had been searching the seas foi the squadron of the enemy's shipi which had been operating from th estuary of the river Ems, one o: which war vessels recently had beer sunk by a British submarine. The Undaunted was accompaniec by the torpedo boat destroyers Lance Lennox, Legion and Loyal, whicl were acting as her convoy. The attacking fleet singled out th Undaunted and concentrated their fin upon her, thinking first to dispose o: the more formidable vessel and t( turn their attention to the lightej craft. In the battle which followed, foul of the attacking destroyers wen quickly sent to the bottom by well di rected shots from the six-inch am four-inch guns of the Undaunted. |