25 AUGUST 1917, Page 2

The vigilance of our Navy in the Bight of Heligolan

I has been alleeted by two incident,. On Thursday week our light naval tomes. scouting there sighted an enemy destroyer, with mine- sweepers presumably engaged in removing our mines in this area. The destroyer was hit and set on fire, and two of the miumweepers were very severely damaged, but they all got away in the mist to I he shelter of their own minefields. The Germans announced this as a victory ; their ships were indeed lucky to escape. On Tuesday our scouts off the Jutland coast sighted* Zeppelin and destroyed it with all its crew. It was the third Zeppelin since May to meet this fate at the hands of the Navy.