THE SAILING OF THE DEUTSCHLAND

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2840, 3 August 1916, Page 5

THE SAILING OF THE DEUTSCHLAND

GERMAN TRANS-ATLANTIC SUBMARINE . 1 LEAVES PORT '■■■■] A FATEFUL VOYAGE ■] Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. ■ New York, August 1. '. .'■ j The Deutschland, flying the German i (lag, left, her berth at 5.30 o'clock. \ Flanked by vessels in order to guide her,' ' she headed for Virginia Cape, where she • i may wait before dashing to "sea. '.■'." ■ -.j The channel had been dragged, for. fear;. : j that mines might have been laid.. Pilot j Colonial], who brought tho Deutschland ■'{ in, piloted her out. As she left 'the berth; ' ] she had a great send-off, with cheers froni . . •. | the iPro-German crews of adjacent boats. s • STEAMER FIGHTS SUBMARINE j STIRRING BATTLE IN THE j MEDITERRANEAN ' j Montreal, August 1. ' i The British steamer Clodmoor (3759 ' tons), which has arrived here, reports' j a battlo with a German submarine in. j the Mediterranean. It is believed that; j the submarine was sunk. The steamer ■■ - j plainly showed tho marks of the 6ub». ' marine's shells. ;• : The steamer carries a defensive arma-. j ment, and used it against tho submarine, i ! winch drew off, apparently in a silking! ;< condition. The battlo lasted for half ani hour. Several shells pierced the engi- ! Beers' quarters, and others dropped- on the '. j vessel's decks. ; BRINGING THE PIRATES TO THE '■ ; I ■'LINE ■■.■] A .DUTCH THREAT. . : (Iteuter's Tclccram.) (Rec. August 2, 11'10 p.m.) . . | London, August 3. .' ' . • It is slated in Copenhagen that Hoi- j land lias exacted from Germany a pledge . ; | not to molest Dutch ships carrying foodstuffs to Britain. Holland threatened ■ ■■; that otherwise 6ho would close the Dutch ~.; ~ frontier against export to Germany, i .;