ON THE HIGH SEAS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2252, 11 September 1914, Page 6

ON THE HIGH SEAS

; BATTLE-CRUISER IN ACTION :>!3'■';'UON,AT HELIGOLAND ■■■ : -!.,..,/; c • ';■ ':.'■'■ '.-J London, September 9. ~;f . p'"A.letter from a. Navy man aboard the. ,•; ;.■:, I battle-oruiser Lion says:. '.'lt was a fine V:: sight to.see .'the Lion!',demolish a ;Ger- ,;■;■'. mau cruiser- off .Heligoland.': 1 Some.of ;;■:; the latter's shots'oaine-near the Lion; .?.-■;■; then the lattery which .was leading the .'■,,."■.... line, signalled; 'Open-ire,! , .- She turned :v ■ L'eldwly'-and majestically,' and fired a ■. ./.broadside.;: Up. went, a cloud of smoke .".''' l? 'Hnd steam- from the German. The aft '~ -.funnel' was at a rakish, angle, /and ,a .'■'. vtuge rent'.'-appeared along 1 the length of '. -'.'. > her side'. As eho was sinking slie half :; :: hauled down her ensign. As wo steamed ;'. teethe rescue' She again , .hauled up-her . '.., flag ; and .opened fire. The Lion turned :. : ; ; ...and'^gave her .five, shots, from' the tur-. y.: ;'irets... The cruiser;disappeared amidst' a ! i : - ; ..';,' shower of. splinters, , smoke, and fire.r/: The- incident.','occupied forty-fivo min- ■.- ■.:."':;' ■'■■'titeSi"'-■ ■':''■ .■....•'■' ■■■■■;•'. ".'■"' ■: ■"- i SWEDISH STEAMER HELD UP. W;'fiNGLKH PASSENGERS REMOVED. V : . : -j. ;--'---'''iCElec , .-September 11, 0.55 a.m.) ■; Copenhagen, September 10. i: .';.vTheSw,edish.steamer. Gantb'iel ; has ■peached GefloJ a Swedish pprt in the Bal- ■.:-■-. tic, and reports ihat -she ; was held np by a,': German torpedo boat, which removed A';-..;twenty-two English passengers. ; ' ~ ; ' - DUTCH LINER CAPTURED.' A t 'iCARRYING 'GERMAN ,RESERVISTS. f;i ', ; - ■ l ; ; . (R«?; September 11,1.25' a.m.) ',' V ! .;■'■:..; 'London, September. 10, morning. ! .v r ■'? '^ The Holland-Amerika. liner 'Noordam ■■' -.(12,531 tons), bound from New York for Rotterdam, with German, reservists, and x- 'a general cargo also for'. Ger- ...';■'•■■" many, has been captured ond.brought tg '; > r :Queenstow3i. ;.-.;. : ...-■'.. .: '. / r BRITISH MERCHANT CRUISERS; COMMISSIONED. >V 'V.: ; .v -London, September 9. -'' The; "Navy List",contains names of ;'.;.:.-'.: twenty-seven large, liners . which, have ■ .been commissioned, and also a hundred .- : trawleie. ■•. ;-. ■: '■'■•'.'.''■■,''.;■ , ••■'■ MINE-LAYER CAPTURED. rv '■■ ■-.;:- DISGUISED AS -A TRAWLER. '■'•\J ■''':■'.:-/ - :;. London, September 9. re'.' 'A British gunboat captured'a. trawler ■ ■■■•'. with two hundred mines on board, piir- ' porting. to belong to Grimsby. \, ' ■' \ ' London, Septembor-9. ....'.'••. The Press Bureau states that .the 1 " 'Admiralty has' announced that the .-■':•■ j steamer Runo, which/was sunk by a - mine in the North Sea, departed from .' ;; the Admiralty's directions, which would ■:.". ■■'■ . ib/iye.assured:her a'safe ,voyage..■ , ; ; ' CLEARING-THE ADRIATIC. ; ■■'■ ;■; ' MANY MINES 'REMOVED. ', : \: ■• ■■-'.'• Mndon, September 9. . . -..-. -'British and French terpedo vessels .■',:'■;■ fire innumerable Austrian ~.. Klines in'the Adriatic. '■"'. , ; V NAVAL AIR SCOUTS' FIGHT. ATTACK FAILS.. . ':'.'■ ■:" ■: London, September .. ■ It' is reported from Rome' that' an ■ V Austrian aeroplane -attacked a French ' pydro-aeroplane' scouting along: the ..Jidriatic-:coast. The attack was un- '.•' ."uccessful, ' , : :.■''■■ - ! ' 'AMERICAN.RED CROSS SHIP. : Washington, September 9. .■■:■': ..The American Red , Cross Society's -.'■'■■;<'" l /hip Red Cross; formerly the :Ham- ,' v ;. .'burg-American hrier Hamburg, carrying : ;i dozen hospital units,- was.about to ■■:--. .: sail, when she. was unexpectedly' held. :' : '-''/: V P !"'■'. •■'■'■" ■':./■'■' ' •'• It appears that the British Ambassador (Sir A. C. Spring-Rice) objected to ■•■■ lier departure, because the majority of . her crew, were Germans. ■'■'•. Later the Red Cross was allowed to . .pail, her crew being made up .of heu- . j trrtls. " ■ ■ ". ■