ITALIAN CRUISER AMALFI TORPEDOED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2510, 10 July 1915, Page 5

ITALIAN CRUISER AMALFI TORPEDOED

BY AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE

NEAfeLY THE WHOLE OF THE CREW SAVED Bt Telegrapli-Preiss AE6ocxation--Oopyiißht . , ■, , . I'ondon, July 8. !An Austrian submarine torpedoed and Bank the cruiser; Amalfi, in thg Adriatic. ' ' ' • . Rome,-' July. 8. Official.—During'a naval reconnaissance last night, the Amalfi was tor- - pedood in tho upper Adriatic. Nearly, the whole of tho crow and officers were saved. . The vessel heeled over rapidly. The crew showed admirable discipline, and cheered tho King and Italy as they were ordered to leave tho' ship. [The Amalfi was an armoured cruiser of 9956 tons, completed, in 1909. Sho carried four 10in., eight and sixteen'3in. guns, and had a speed of 23i knots. Her complement was 687 officers and men, and she cost £880,000.] - 'AN EVITABLE PAINFUL' INCIDENT. , . •, • „ Rome, July 8. Tho newspapers refer to the sinking of tho cruiser Amalfi as an inevitable painful incident, and add that this typo of warfare will give a' fresh impetus to Italy's ctforts. DESPERATE BATTLE IN A BLIZZARD ITALIANS AND AUSTRIANS FIGHT AMONG THE ROCKS • 'file "Daily GhrtmMfiV' U'urfa' _ ftsUj a"clQsneFßt« fat, j:twr.ed e i;

in a blizzard, and continued through bitterly cold weather, and then a. fog, which was so denso that the searchlights wero unable to penetrate it. The soldiers on both sides grappled with their comrades among the rocks. Two Austrian batteries engaged in a fierco duel. The Austrians evacuated their positions before tho fog lifted. _ _ . . Some of tho Austrians wear shields on their backs and breasts; othors carry steel scrccns, with peepholes. . . 'AT-THE BRIDGEHEAD .AT GORIZIA, (llec. July 9, 4 p.m.) London, July 9<. r A Vienna coinnnmiquo states'"Wo repulsed several Italian attacks at' the bridgehead at Ojftrizia, also & Montenegrin night- attack at Tsfli'iije on tho sixth of July."- " - . ."