ON THE HIGH SEAS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 5

ON THE HIGH SEAS

BRITAIN'S STRENGTH AS TWO TO ONE . BEST/SHIPS IN RESERVE : London, September 24. Mr. Churchill, in an interview, said: "We. are.moving-, Mores• of submarines, and blockading the very throat of the Elbe, We started with-a naval preponderance nearer 2 to 1 than 16 to 10, and our position in 1.915, with equal losses, will bo far stronger. Our most powerful warships are not yet commissioned." BOMBARDMENT OF CATTARO. ■['"'■ RESUMED BY THE ALLIES. September 27, 10 p.m.) , ■/■ Rome, September 26. The "Messenger" states that the allied fleets have resumed the bombardment, of tho Austrian naval base of Cattaro, and dismantled the powerful fortress on Plago3 Island. BOMBARDMENT OF MADRAS. SHELLS FALL FAR INLAND. Bombay, September 25. The damage dono by the bombardment of Madras is estimated at £20,000. The population behaved admirably. There was an entire absence of panic. During the bombardment tho British India - Company's' steamer Ohupraj 6175 tons, came into the line of firo,-and -eight of her officers were injured. Shells fell inland, as far as Vepery, Spurtank, and Sohoolay. BLOCICINC THE CERMANS. SUBMARINES IN THE ELBE. New York, September 25. A British naval officer's letter states that British submarines entered the Elbe, but were unable to attack the large warships, which are protected by scores of trawlers, steamers, and cable nets. • LISSA BOMBARDED. OCCUPIED BY BRITISH AND' FRENCH FORCE. Rome, September 25. It is officially admitted m Vienna that the French fleet bombarded Lissa, and did 6ome damage. ■ (Rec. September 27, 10.30 a.m.) Rome, September 25. A British and French force has occupied Lissa. . ' Lissa is tho westernmost of the larger islands of the Dalmatian Archipelago, on tho Austrian coast of the Adriatic. The town has a. population of 4300. CAPTURED CRAIN. BRINGS IN NEARLY £1.000,000. (Rec. September 27, 4 p.'m.).. London, September 26. The Prize Court has authorised "the ttiißtlonUig ol' tho first flvo ships on October h

The sales of captured graia to date total nearly a million, sterling.

SUNK BY MINES.

TWO MORE STEAMERS LOST. (Reo. September 27, 10.30 a.m.) London, September 25. The Norwegian steamer Ileevik struck a floating mine in tlio North Sea. Two on board were killed. (Roc. September 27, 10.30 a.m.) Rome, September 25. A message from Trieste says the Austrian steamer Baron Gautsch (2069 tons) was also mined aud 6unk in tlio Adriatic Sea.