FRENCH WARSHIP SUNK

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2449, 30 April 1915, Page 6

FRENCH WARSHIP SUNK

ARMOURED CRUISER LEON

GAMBETTA

TORPEDOED BY AUSTRIAN

SUBMARINE

MANY LIVES LOST

Paris, April 28. Official. —The French armoured cruiser Leon Gambetta, 12,351 tons, . was torpedoed in the Adriatic on the nightof April 26 . The bulk of the crew were saved.' The Leon Gambetta was cruising in the Straits ■of Otranto, and the Austrian submarine No. 5 fired two torpedoes at night time. The warship sank in ten minutes. The officers perished at their posts. Italian ships rescued 133 of the crew. Forty-eight bodies have been recovered. Most-of the sunivors were injured. Romoj April 28. The Austrians torpedoed the Leon Gambetta off Santa Maria di Leuca, a cape on the east side of the Gulf of Taranto She was beached to prevent her sinking. (Rec. April 29, 11.30 p.m.) Rome, April 29. The survivors state that during the attack on the Leon Gambetta a German destroyer protected the submarine, which came from Cattaro. Tho destroyer also fired on the French cruiser. ■ HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT The High Commissioner reports:— London, April 28, 10.15 p.m. "Tho Admiralty reports that the 1 armoured cruiser Leon Gambetta was torpedoed by an Austrian submarine between 'Monday night and Tuesday morning in the Adriatic. "All the officers perished. Out of 710 of a crew,-138 were rescued." The French armoured cruiser Leon Gambetta, coaipleted in 1904, was of 12,351 tons displacement. • Her heavy armament included four 7.6-inch and sixteen 6.4-inch guns. TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE PIRATES FATE OF A GRIMSBY TRAWLER. London, April 28. The Grimsby traivler Ricolo_ (reports ed yesterday to have been mined and sunk in the North Sea) was torpedoed by a German submarine., GERMAN DESTROYERS IN THE NORTH SEA ENEMY FEELING "PANICKY." ■ London, April'2B. A Danish skipper" reported that he saw a Zeppelin, two submarines, and thirty German destroyers in the North Sea. The Germans wen, anxious to warn vessels not to approach the German coast, evidently fearing that thej might hide the approach of the British—("Times" and Sjduey "Sun" Services.)

(R'ec. April 29; 5.20 p.m.) London, April 28. The skipper of the . Danish steamer Nidaros. reports that he was stopped by a submarine in the North Sea. She was the finest he had ever seen, being about 1300 tons, and built turret shape. She was armed with, a three-pouiider and a 'number -of smaller guns—("Times and Sydney "Sun" Services.) THE WILLIAM P. ME UNITED STATES WILL ACCEPT COMPENSATION . (Rcc. April 29, 11.40 p.m.) : Washington, April 29. The. United' States Government has dispatched another Note to Germany agreeing to accept compensation for the sinking of the William Frye on the basis of the Gorman offer and undor the terms of the Prussian-American Treaties of 1799 and.lß2B. . _'■',' ' The United States reiterates its protest against tho ; destruction of the ship, repeating that the cargo was not contraband. • . " ' - -