HUN BATTLESHIP TORPEDOED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2858, 24 August 1916, Page 5

HUN BATTLESHIP TORPEDOED

BRITISH SUBMARINE'S

EXPLOIT

TWO HITS

THE SHIRKED SEA

FIGHT

The High Commissioner reports :— London, August 22, 5.10 p.m. "Submarine E23, on Saturday, twics torpedoed a German battleship of the Nassau class, which is believed to have been sunk." [The Nassau (1909) is of 18,600' tons/ armed with twelve 11-inch, twelve 6.9inch, and sixteen 3.4-inch guns. Sha> has a speed of twenty knots, a complement of 960, and cost £1,825,000.1 ■",.. ADMIRALTY REPORT. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. August 23, 2.20 p.m.) London, August 22. The Admiralty reports: "A submarine commander states that while _ai German warship was being escorted in a damaged condition to harbour by five, destroyers wo again torpedoed her." >. . STATEMENT BY THE GERMAN ADMIRALTY. WITH THE USUAL INACOURAOIES/, CRcc. August 23j 9.45 p.m.) . Amsterdam, August 23. The Gorman Admiralty, in. an official communique, states: "On Saturday our submarines observed fivo small English cruisers and two destroyer flotillas, followed by six battlo-cruisers. One of oursubmarines hit and sank a four-fun-nelled destroyer of the Mohawk type, another submarine twico torpedoed a. cruiser of tho Chatham type. Owing' to the latter's protection we were un-. able to repeat tho attack for two hours, when tho submarine submerged to avoid a destroyer which was attempting to ram her. Another sub- - marine.sank a damaged cruiser." The British Admiralty comments: "No destroyer was touched."

iA GERMAN ADMISSION

Amsterdam, August 22.: ; A German official communique, admits that a ' submarine was rammed, after destroying a small British cruiser. The submarine reached port safely. Whether any submarines were sunk is uncertain until all the submarine reports aro received.

A MAD RACE FOR PORT

WHAT DUTCH SKIPPERS SAW OP THE SHIRKED. SEA EIGHT.

Australian-Now Zealand Cable Association.

London, August 22. The "Daily Telegraph's" correspond- ; ent at.Rotterdam writes:—"The Ger- . man High Seas Fleet has won another great victory, perhaps even greater than that at Jutland, because they completely succeeded in avoiding an encounter with tho British forces. • But they'cannot claim another victory, because scores of Dutch skippers saw what happened. Theso trained sailors witnessed all the movements of the . Gorman squadrons, and their reports . prove conclusively that there was only one fact that was important—namely, on tho first news of the British Fleet s appearance tho Germans turned tail and went at full speed for home. "Tho skippers say they sighted tho German Grand Fleet, of at least sixty vessels of all descriptions, at 9 o.clock in tho morning,, guided carefully by, three Zeppelins. They saw tho sanie fleet at 6 o'clock in the evening, .with the attendant airships, steaming furiously eastwards. What happened mnantimo is clear from the reports of other Dutch captains. at least ono British squadron at 5 o clock in tho afternoon much farther south than the Gprmans' 6 -o'clock position. Tho British wero then heading north, towards tho enemy. • The Dutch skippers also saw three Zeppelins coming from the north, which after they spotted tho British immediately returned•; towards the Germans. Half an later the High Canal Elect was-madly ' retreating towards its base, Ao moro . was seen of the German warships in the North Sea, but tho Dutch saw ; British squadrons scouring • the seas ' for many hours later."

PRIZE COURT' AWARDS

CRUISER SYDNEY RECEIVES

£1985. London, August 22.' The Prise Court ; has awarded the cruiser Sydney £1985 .for the destruction of tho Emden. j • OTHER PRIZES. / ■ ' (Reiner's Telegram.) '• ' London, August 22..' The Prize Court has awarded £1605 to the Alcantara and Andes for destroying tho raider Greif; £1410 to El 9 for sinking the light cruiser Un r , dine in the Baltic, and £12,160 to the • warships which sank the Scliarnhorst, Gneisenau, and Nurnberg in the Fait , land Islands Battle. A SECRET NOTE TO THE PIRATES UNDISCLOSED OUTRAGE ON UNITED STATES STEAMER. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. . Washington, August 22. In spite of Mr. Lansing's efforts to maintain secrecy, it now appears that, a Gorman or Austrian submarine fired ten times at the American steamer Oswego iu tho Mediterranean. Many Americans were on board and had narrow escapes. Mr. Lansing sent a secret Noto to Berlin, which had replied that it knows nothing of any such attack. It is not believed that any furthcr action'will bo taken.