ITALIAN BATTLESHIP SUNK BY A SUBMARINE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2519, 21 July 1915, Page 7

ITALIAN BATTLESHIP SUNK BY A SUBMARINE

MOST OF THE CREW SAVED • TWO AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES REPORTED LOST By Telegraph—Press Association—Copjriclit (Rec. July 20, 8.5 p.m.) Rome, July 20. Official. —"A submarine torpedoed and sank.the Battleship Guisseppe Garibaldi in the Adriatic. Most of the crew were saved. ' 1 [The Italian battleship Guisoppo Garibaldi was one of a class of three ships of .7400 ton's each, carrying one 10-inch gun, two 8-inch, and fourteen 6-inch guns, with secondary armament of small calibre guns. They are all old vessels, the Guiseppe Garibaldi and the Varese having been completed in 1901, while the Francesco Feruccio was completed in 1904. Their average cost was £600,0000 < ■ > (Reo. July 20, 9.55 p.m.) Rome, July 20. Official. —"The cruisers -Varese, Francesco, Ferrucoio, Guiseppe Garibaldi, and Vettor Pisani bombarded the railway near Cattro, where a number of Austrian battleships were taking refuge. The enemy stayed in the harbour with steam up until the Italians had retired. Their submarines then attacked the Guiseppe Garibaldi, wEich! avoided the first attempt, but later was struck. The crew behaved with the utmost calm and discipline, the men shouting: "Long live the King!" several times before jumping into the sea in accordance with their orders. REPORTED LOSS OF 'AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES, ■ Rome, July 19. 'A! refugee from Pola reports that two 'Austrian submarines, which were reconnoitring oil the Italian coast have not returned. It is believed' they have beeu lost. » AUSTRIAN LOSSES IN AVAR WITH ITALY., '# 1 , T Rome, July 19. Sinco th'o beginning of the war with Italy, 1200 Austrian officers, including three generals, have been killed. MARKED SUCCESS ON ISONZO FRONT LARGE CAPTURES BY THE ITALIANS. ' jarr--' (Rec. July 20, 11.5 p.m. J • Rome, July 20. Official.—"We had marked successes ..on the Isonzo front. "On Sunday there was a resolute and sanguinary action on the Carso plateau; we captured several linos of armoured trenches, two thousand prisoners, sis machine-guns, fifteen hundred rifles and munitions. "The attack was renewed with redoubled energy on the entire Isonzo front on Monday." \ NOTEWORTHY, FEATS BY. ITALIAN: AIRMEN, (Rec. July 20, 9.55 p.m.) Romfl, July 20. Official.—'''Since Julj; 7 much activity has been displayed by the aircraft of the Italian warships in the Adriatic. Our warships destroyed a revictualling baso for torpedo boats at one of the Dalmatian Islands, While an Italian • dirigible caused fires at the important Stabilimento Tecnico works at Trieste, tho flames of which were visible for twenty-five miles. "Our waterplanes dropped bombs on Austrian destroyers which were concentrated at the Faljpa Canal, near Pola, among other, noteworthy aviation feats. - ■