THE SUBMARINE WAR

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 110, 26 January 1918, Page 7

THE SUBMARINE WAR

FRENCH SHIPPING LOSSES TWO BIG VESSELS SUNK London, January 24. Tlio French official figures of submarine losses for the week, with last week's returns in parentheses, are-— Arrivals ;. 80S (793) Departures 784 (728) Sunk over 1600 tons 2 (5) Sunk under 1600 tons ... 1 (1) Unsuccessfully attacked 4 (4) —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reutor. THE ITALIAN RETURN O.\"E SMALL STEAMER SUNK. Rome, January 24. During the week ended January 19, 423 ships arrived and 366 departed. One steamer under 100 tons was sunk and one was unsuccessfully attacked.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reutcr.

[Last week's losses wero two steamers over 1500 tons. One steamer and one sailing vessel wero unsuccessfully attacked.] J FIGHT WITH TWO U-BOATS NEAR THE CANARY ISLANDS. ' Madrid, January 24. The Governor of the Canary Islands reports an engagement between a British war vessel and two submarines on January 17, off Ferro. On the following day, Spanish gendarmes found two German sailors, who stated that they belonged to U-boats 294 and 295. They refused to state the fate of tlie submarines.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK TORPEDOED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. (Rcc. January 25, 10.25 p.m.) Now York, January 24. Survivors who have x arrived" at an Atlantio port report that the American steamer Owasco was torpedoed early in December in the Mediterranean. Two lives were lost.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. U-BOAT OFF THE BRAZILIAN ' COAST. Boston, January 24. The captain of an incoming steamer reports that a U-boat was seen off the Brazilian coast.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. j