On the Sea.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 96, 13 August 1914, Page 5

On the Sea.

CERMAN CRUISERS PUT TO FLIGHT. . New York, August 12. Captain Terjeson, of the Norwegian steamer Lovland, reports that a battle was fought between German and British cruisers about 25t) miles north of San Salvador, and the German cruisers fled under the Britishers' fire. The extent of the damage was not known. SENSATIONAL END OF THE GERMAN SUBMARINE Uls. London, August 12. The cruiser squadron on Sunday sighted a submarine flotilla with only their periscopes showing. The cruisers coolly pretended that they did not see them, and deceived the Gorman, who steamed within range. The Birmingham saw the opportunity, ' and, steaming at full speed, fired at the periscope, which was shattered. The submarine, blinded, rushed on under the water, in imminent! danger of self-destruction through collision with the cruisers or her consorts. The latter, recognising Mat their attack had been defeated, steamed off. The cruisers knew that tho sightless submarine must come to the sur- j face, and when the connir.g-tov.-cr appeared the Birmingham prepared a second pbot. There was just time to see tho distinguishing number of thp. submarine when the shot, striking t.V baso of tho conning tower where it was awash, ripped tho whole of tho npper prrurtrire, amd the submarine sank like * atone.'