On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 59, 26 October 1914, Page 5

On the Sea

A JAPANESE CAPTURE, Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8.0 u.m.) London, October 2 b Japan captured two German auxiliary cruisers. GERMAN VESSELS AT SUEZ. Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8.0 a.in.) i London, October 21. j The German vessels in the Suez Canal include the Rostock, Go star, Auniberg, Lntzow, and Heligoland. United Press Association. Tokio, October 24. ! , Official: It is now believed that a German destroyer torpedoed the Kakachiho, exploding the magazine. GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE SUNK THE TAKACHIHO. (Received 9.20 a.m.) London, October 25. The 'Germans claim that the torpedor 890 sank the Takachiho. v HELIGOLAND. BRITISH SUBMARINES AND THEIR EXCELLENT WORK. United Press Association. Londoiij October 23. The Press Bureau says:— “Commander Keyes, Commodore of the British submarines in the North Sea, reports that three hours after the outbreak of war the submarines E 6 and EB, unaccompanied, carried out a reconnaisance in Heligoland Bight, and returned with useful information. They had the privilege of being pioneers upon the service, which was attended with some risk. “During the transportation of the expeditionary forces, the Lurcher and Firedvake, and ai! submarines of the eighth flotilla, occupied positions that could have been attacked by the High Sea'fleet .if it had emerged to dispute the passage of the transports. Tho patrol was maintained day and night, with no relief until the army had been transported and all chance of effective interference disappeared.

“These submarines have since been incessantly employed on the enemy’s coast, in the Heligoland Bight and elsewhere, and have obtained much valuable information regarding the composition and movements of his patrols. They have occupied his waters, reconnoitred his anchorages, been subjected to skilful anti-submar-ine tactics, hunted continuously by torpedo craft, and attacked by gunfire and torpedoes.

“ After the E 3 sank the Hela six miles sputh of Heligoland on the 13th September, the German destroyers were summoned, and they hunted for her for hours. On the 14th the E 9 examined the outer anchorage of Heligoland at considerable risk. The E 6, while diving, found the mooring of a German mine, and effectively released it. Only once were the British submarines within torpedo range of a German cruiser during daylight. “The German capital vessels never, and the light cruisers seldom, emerged from the fortified harbors. “During the exceptionally heavy western gales on the 14th and 21st September, the submarines were within a tew miles of *the enemy’s coast, and were subjected to a trying ordeal. The maintenance of their stations under such conditions was distinctly creditable. “All commanders keenly seek the service in Heligoland Bight.” GENERAL. The gunboat Dryad, which went ashore on the north coast of Scotland, has been refloated, undamaged. (The Dyrad is a torpedo-gunboat of 1070 tons, built hi 1893-94. With new boilers and engines she can steam 20 knots, and has several torpedo tubes.) Loudon, October 24. The Swedish steamer Alve struck a mine, and foundered, in the North Sea. The bulk of the crew was saved. The cargoes and hulls sunk by the K'-flsruhe are valued at a million sterling. Teneriffe, October 24. The twelve steamers sunk by the Karlsruhe aggregated 50,000 tons. The German steamer Oreveld brought the crews, numbering 400. Bombay, October 25. Official: All the sea routes are now reasonably safe. Bucharest, October 24.

The steamer Shiraz, flying the Persian flog, and loaded with petroleum from Constanza for Constantinople, was destroyed by a mine at Cntinograd.

The Premier has received the followdated London, 24th, 11.40 p.rn.:— ing from the High Commissioner, “The Admiralty reports that a German submarine was rammed and sunk by the destroyer Badger off the Dutch coast. The Badger’s bow was slightly damaged.”