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ENEMY LOSE TEN WAR VESSELS

BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS GERMAN BOAT A SECOND FEAT BY THE E9 the Hague, October 7. X German destroyer was sunk at Schiermonnikoog Island, in. She North' , Sea, off the coast of Holland. ' * The "Central News" states that the sinking was caused by a British submarine. : _ Reuter's Agent mentions the presence of two German submarines, which were either assisting or possibly were the cause of the accident. ADMIEALTY 'ANNOUNCEMENT. The Prime Minister has received the following message from the High Commissioner:— '''■■', \ London, October 7, 7.55 p.m. Official.—The Admiralty announces that the submarine E9 (LieutenantCommander Max K. Horton) has returned safely after having torpodloed and sunk a German torpedo boat destroyer off the Ems River. The River Ems'is the boundary between Holland and Germany on the North Sea front. The Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog lies about 15 miles west of the estuary of the Ems. This is the second successful exploit of Submarine E9. On September 13 she sank the German third-class cruiser Hola, a new vessel just completed this year. The E9 on that occasion was not detected by the Germans and escaped without a shot being fired. EYE-WITNESSES' NARRATIVES. (Rec. October 8, 10.30 p.m.) . , , ' „. ,'"'• Amsterdam, October 7. A torpedo boat was patrolling at the mouth of the Ems when the Dutch coastguards heard an explosion and 6aw a high column of water rise near tho bows of the torpedo boat, which capsized and sank in three minutes. Some minutes lator two German submarines rose up, and soon after a German cruiser steamed up and rescued some of the torpedo boat's crew. Later in the day several torpedo boats were patrolling the spot; A SECOND DESTROYER DAMAGED. (Rec. October 8, 11.30 p.m.) ■ / London, October 7. > Submarine E9 sighted two destroyers at the mouth of the Ems on Monday morning, and after submerging got within comparatively dose range. Tho first torpedo .sunk one destroyer, and a second struck the other, which was considerably damaged, but got away. . THREE GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK. (Rec. October 8, 10.30 p.m.) ■ Tokfo, October 7. It is reported that the German cruiser Cormoran and two gunboats have been sunk at Kiuochau. The Cormoran is a small cruiser of 1630 tons displacement, built about twenty years ago. Her nominal apood is 17 knots, and Bho carries eight i.lin, guns. ' "

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2276, 9 October 1914, Page 5

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ENEMY LOSE TEN WAR VESSELS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2276, 9 October 1914, Page 5

ENEMY LOSE TEN WAR VESSELS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2276, 9 October 1914, Page 5

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