Among the minor incidents of the war we have to
record a sea- plane attack on Dover last Saturday afternoon and the loss of the British Destroyer Lasso° ' on Sunday. The two seaplanes who appeared off Dover at half-past 12 only succeeded in dropping four bombs before they were driven off by the anti-aircraft batteries, and effected no material damage beyond breaking a few windows. One officer and six men were slightly injured. H.M.S. Lassoo,' which was sunk off the Dutch coast after being torpedoed or mined, was a new vessel of 965 tons, completed since the war began. Of her complement of about one hundred officers and men, two officers and four men are reported missing and two men wounded. The 'Lassos.,' it will be remembered, distinguished herself on the occasion of the raid on Sylt by rescuing in very bad weather the entire crew of the Medusa,' which had been in collision with the Laverock,' an exploit which earned for Commander Butler the high praise of the Admiralty.
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