An item dated Hamburg, Germany 16th reported the presence of some Russian warships off the entrance of the canal to Holstein although keeping neutral. A telegram reported in the meantime that on the 16th the armed steamship Löwe and two gunboats of Schleswig-Holstein fought with a Danish steamship and two gunboats off Friedrichs-ort, Kiel, Germany. The Löwe was a few times hit in her hull and of the gunboats was set into fire, but the Danish ships were driven back.
