SILENT WAR AT SEA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 254, 15 July 1918, Page 5

SILENT WAR AT SEA

NAVY'S UNCEASING VIGILANCE

STATEMENT BY SIR ERIC GEDDES London, July 12. Sir Eric Geddes, in opening the' exhibition of naval photographs, said I hat there was hardly a. day or night but that the Navy visited the Heligoland Bight, over, under, and on the water. Before the war officers and men regarded the use of mines as a sort of ratcatcher's job, but it was different now. Some of tho finest, men and tho fastest ships were engaged in mining operations, often .laying 1 counter-offensive mines in the Heligoland Bight. Gradually the mines wore hemming in the wibmarino, and he was glad to say that there wero fower submarines to-day.

"I have," said Sir Eric- Gedd.es, "two photographs taken by the Germans which show that tho block ships are still lying in the entrance to Zeebruggc Canal."

Recently a submarine attacked six British trawlers off Iceland. The submarine had two big guns, probabiy of Gin: calibre, and fired a, hundred shells. The battle lasted an hour,! until one of tho submarine's guns and the submarine herself were hit. The submarine then dived.

Regarding depth charges, a submarine operating off a seaside resort had been hunted for seventy-two hours. Thirty-five dopth charges had bee\i dropped near her, and eventually she rose and surrendered to a drifter.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FOILED! Copenhagen, July 12. A German submarine, off Risov, and inside territorial waters, 6topped tho Norwegian steamer Hank and placed a prize crew on board; but a Norwegian torpedo boat came up", replaced tho German crew on board the submarine, and towed the steamer into harbour.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ATTACKS OFF AMERICAN COAST. (Rec. July 14, 5.5 p.m.) New York, July.l 2. A warning has ])een issued to mariners that an unusual amount of wreckage was seen off Capo Henry on July 3 and July 6. Tho presence of tho wreckage supports recent, reports that U-boats tiro again operating off tho coast.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

SURVIVORS FROM NORWEGIAN VICTIM f.N PORT. (Rec. July 14, 5.5 p.m.) Ottawa, July 13. Survivors have arrived at an Atlantic port from the Norwegian barque Manx Jung, which was captured by a U-boat oil' Capo Race. Tlio crew escaped in boats.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.