BRITISH DESTROYERS IN ACTION

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2452, 4 May 1915, Page 5

BRITISH DESTROYERS IN ACTION

; ; RUNNING FIGHT IN THE NORTH SEA TWO GERMAN TORPEDO BOATS SUNK 1 (By Telegraph—Press' Assn.—Copyright.) : 0 ' Utodtm, May \2. . Tli6 Admiralty announces that at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, in the vicinity of tie'Galloper.Sands: and theNoord-Hinder lightships, two German torpedo boats approaching from the westward-attacked the trawler Colombia .without hoisting their colours. • • A torpedo sank tlie trawler. Only one deck hand was saved. . _Th 6 British torpedo, beat destroyers Laforey, Leonidas, Lawford, and Lark (965 tons each, three 4-inch'guns) chased the torpedo boats, and, after an .hour's running nght, both the German vessels were sunk. Two officers and forty-four men" were rescued and made prisoner. The British destroyers reported no casualties. •/ When the.German torpedo boats sighted the destroyers l tney tufcned and fled. The British marksmanship was excellent. One of the enemy's, vessels was hit amidships, enabling the destroyers to approach and sink her. The°prisoners were landed at Shotley this'fliorning. 1 ' CRec. May 3, 9.20 p.m.) ' , . Amsterdam, May 3. A' Norwegian steamer has picked up two of the officers of the German tor- ■ uedd bdat wfioh was sunk off the Noord light by the British destroyers. ■

BRITISH DESTROYER TORPEDOED THIRTY-FIVE LIVES'LOST. London,' May 2. Official.—Thel British destroyer Recruit was torpedoed by a German submarine on Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of the Galloper Sapds and NoordHinder lightships. '. Four of. the officers and 21 of the crew were rescued by the trawler Daisy. Thirty-five perished. .. . The Recruit was a 30-knot destroyer, huilt in 1806. • >. The submarine fifed a torpedo at the Daisy, and-the latter steamfcd away, leaving the rescuing boat behind; The submarine chased the rescuing boat, and fired, wounding fou? of the crew.' 1 ' " v LATER PARIOULARS. ■ . (Rec. May 8, 9.20 p.m.) London, May 3. The submarine crossed the Recruit's bow and manoeuvred for position. The missile crashed into the Recruit amidships, and the destroyer slowly heeled. Her signals brought the Daisy, and the latter's signals-brought the other destroyers. , ' i The Germans, when .overhauled, made an extremely poor fight. Their shooting was erratic. .. FOUR STEAMERS ATTACKED BY THE PIRATES AMERICAN VESSEL LIMPS INTO FALMOUTH . London, May 2. Submarines torpedoed the French! steamer Europe near Bishop's Rock. The crew, were 6ave'd. , _ ■ The steamer Fulgent was torpedoed near the Skelligs. Most 6f the crew are missing. » ■ ■ The American steamer Gulflight was torpedoed south of the Scillies. She reached Falmouth. ' • / , Submarines sank the British steamer Edwaie, from the River Plate. The crew landed on the Scflly Islands. [There are three "Europes" on Lloyds list—all French, of 4769, 2026, and 119 tons respectively. The Fulgent (2008.tons), belongs to;Sunderland. (Rec. May 3, 9.20 p.m.) London. May 3. Later details of the submarine attacks on the merchant vessels state that a trawler landed nine of the Fulgent's survivors, and the body of the captain, who had been shot in the second boat. The halanCe of the crew is missing. The steamer Gulflight was bound from' Port Arthur to Rouen, and was awaiting the Falmouth tugs. One of ; the crew was drowned, and one is missing. The captain's body was landed at St. Mary's, with the remainder of the crew. (Rcc. May 3, 11.30 p.m,) London, May 3. The trawler Barbados haß brought to Yarmouth the Columbia's survivors and a German bluejacket who had fallen overboard. Seventeen of the Columbia's crew perished. .' , The Barbados haß two guns, and defended herself against the torpedoer. The trawler's deck fittings were riddled. The captain was wounded in the foot. . 1 ' ' ' ATLANTIC TO BE A WAR^ZONE

GERMAN FRIGHT FULNESS ON THE WORLD'S FERRY. London, May 2. Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador to the United States, has issued a warning that the Atlantic must be regarded as a war zone. This has not produced the slightest alarm in Liverpool, where shipowners describe it as another sample of German bluff. There is no likelihood of any curtailment of sailings 63 the result of such threat. Advices from Now York stato that the Lusitania sailed amid excitement • due'to the newest manifestation of Count BernstorfF's flagrant disrespect of American neutrality. Amongst numei'ous telegrams received on the pier, and signed with obviously, fictitious names, were some declaring that the liner would certainly be . torpedoed. Air. Alfred Yanderbilt destroyed his message without comment. The Cnnard Company allowed none of.the 1310 passengers by the Lusitania to cross the gangway until their credentials had been presented. / CAMPAIGN OF PANIC-RAISING. " Washington, May 2. A German advertising campaign lina started tlirouglio.it the American " Press warning passengers of tho risks they take in crossing the Atlantic, owiiijf to submarines. ' The Stat© Department refuses to suppress tho advortisoments, as no precedent exists. - Amsterdam, May 2. The Zefelaud Company resumes the regular mail scrvicc with England tods?- . t received from Amsterdam on March. 22 stated: An official Bri- " iisli notification has bee:i triads that all shipping between Holland and (lift United Kingdonl is-temporarily suspended, and that it- is hoped it "'ill ehotll,v b<i resumed on a'.limited oervice.' No exolaiia-iiou is gi?en'.J