THE U-BOAT WAR
DROP IN BRITISH. SHIPPING LOSSES, London, 'August 8. : It was announced in tho House of Commons that the. losses of British merchantmen in July wero the lowest since ' 1916—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, i SHIPYARDsTu-BOATS ; London, August S. Mr. Archibald Hiird (naval correspond, cnt of tho "Daily Telegraph"), _ com- ; menting on. the Admiralty's shipping j return, (jays: "Unless the Germans hit > upon eome more effective means of at- i tack, which is always possible, the out- - \ put of the shipyards will outpace tie sinkings, with the aesistanoe of the ; American yards. The defeat of piracy ae j far ae can bo foreseen-Iβ-definite.-i | Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • ■: ' • : PIRATE SUNK BY ARMED YACHT \ ■' London, kugwb 8. An armed yacht destroyed a sub- • marine in tho English Channel. She ; sighted the perisoope, drove over the spot, and rammed the conning tower, and i also dropped depth, charges. ..Those on board observed a disturbance, in the ; midst of which tho bubbling indicated ; volumes of air escaping; They picked ; up the sole eurvivor from the submarine. ! covered with oil, but he died of internal j injuries.—Aue.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. "' ! ATTACKS INAHEJCAN WATERS '! Washington, Angnst 8. ! A Geirman submarine sank a email Amerioan steamer in American waters — AU6.-N.Z. Cable Assn. : ■ New York, August 8. : An American steamer (3000 tons) witff Bubmarined in American waters. A boat- i load of eighteen of the crew is missing. . —Aue.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. i j BRITAIN'S MERCHANTTONNAGE TO-DAY | (Sec. August 9, 7.35 p.m.) London, August 8. In tho House of "Commons; "Sir I*o Chiozza Money stated that tho total of , British.eoa-going mercantile steam tonnage at the outbreak of the ww wm 18 500,000 tons gross. It was now 15,000,000 ; tous.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ,
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 276, 10 August 1918, Page 7
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280THE U-BOAT WAR Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 276, 10 August 1918, Page 7
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