TWO SEA FIGHTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2539, 13 August 1915, Page 5

TWO SEA FIGHTS

BRITISH PATROL BOAT SUNK ITALIAN SUBMARINE SINK& AN AUSTRIAN By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyrisM London, August 11. The Admiralty announces tliafc _ tho Meteor, a German auxiliary _ cruiser, sank the Ramsay, a. small British patrol boat (4318 tons), in tlio Nortli Sea, o;i Sunday. I'our officers ajid 39 of tho crew were saved. " . British cruisers appearing, tlio Mo- 1 teor's crew, realising thai oscapo was. impossible, abandoned and blew lip tho vessel (Roe. August 12, 9.20 p.m.) London, August 12. Tlio Moteor formerly belonged to the Hamburg-Amerika. Lino, and carried a powerful armament of quick-firers. (Rec. August 13, 0.35 a.m.) Amsterdam, August 12. A Borlin official mossago states: "Tlio Meteor, after sinking tho Ramsay, piclcod up forty of the orew, including four officers. Noxt day four British cruisers surrounded the Meteor, and tho lattor's commander sunk tier, after the crow, tho British prisoners, and tlio orew of a _ sailing vessel proviously sunk as a prize, had been saved. Tho Meteor's crew readied a Gorman port. SUBMARINE SINKS SUBMARINE. London, August 11. An Italian submarine sank an Austrian submarine, with all hands, in tlio upper Adriatic. (Rec. August 12, 9.30 p.m.) Rome, August 12. . '& naval _ official report states that two Austrian destroyers bombarded Bari, Santo Spirito, and Mulaetta; one civilian was killed, and seven wounded. "Our submarine and sank tho Austrian submarine Ul2 in the Upper Adriatic. The crew perished. HEAVY FIRIHC IN THE NORTH SEA. AN AMSTERDAM REPORT. (Rec. August 12, 9.30 p.m.) Amsterdam, August 12. Advices from Delpijl, . report heavy gun-firo in tho North Sea this morning in a northerly direction.