SUBMARINE WARFARE
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THE GERMAN MURDER
LONDON, July 4th (Received This Day at 1.20 a.m.)
In the Commons Hon. Bonar Lawsaid the Llandovery Castlo carried no ammunition. The German allegation that she was sunk by a British mine, is self contradictory, as the survivors actually communicated with the German submarine.
Tho Admiralty is considering the providing of an escort for every hospital ship. U-BOAT FIGHT. STEAMERS GALLANT STORY. (Received This Day at 1.20 a.m.) tLONDON, July 4. A thrilling story is told of a British steamer’s.fight with one of the latest types of- .boats. A torpedo passed under the steamer’s stern, and a search revealed a periscope, fifty yards away. Three hundred passengers calmly took up their boat stations. The submarine broke the surface a quarter of an hour later, training two light guns on tho steamer, which replied. Six shots fell near the submarine com polling her to sheer cff. She manoeuvred to bring two heavy guns into action." A shell struck the steamer causing her to list to port. A smoke screen proved ineffective, owing to the wind. The engineers got the most possible out of the engines during the running fight, during which the merchantman’s aerials were .shot away. The passengers coolly watched the fight and cheered the sailor gunners. The submarine abandoned the fight at nightfall.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1918, Page 2
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