On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 6, 8 January 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

COEBEN STRUCK A MINE. [United Press Association.] Copenhagen, January 6. Constantinople states that £he Goeben struck two Russian mines near the Bosphorus, and the repairs wjll occupy three months. RESULT OF THE COEBEN'S ACTION. VESSEL SEVERELY DAMAGED. (Received 9.12 a.m.) Lojmloh, January 7. Reuter, from Constantinople, reports that up to November 10,000 Germans arrived directly or indirectly for the Porte's service. Some of the Goeben's boilers were burned out as the result of rapid steaming from the Black Sea to the Bosphorous. There are three large holes in her starboard mechanism and her aft turrets are severely dama_ged. Fifty Germans were killed during the action, forty-eight being buried secretly in the garden of the Embassy. Two hundred wounded were treated aboard.

During the recent bombardment in the Dardanelles five forts were put completely out of action.

BLOCKING THE DARDANELLES.

Athens, January 7

Turkish and German engineers are collecting a large number of old steamers, laden with stones and earth, in the Dardanelles, and apparently intend to sink them to prevent the Allies' passage. ENEMY TORPEDOED THE FORMIDABLE. London, January 7. German newspapers publish an official report, claiming to have torpedoed the Formidable, and that the British destroyers pursued the submarine, which escaped undamaged. DENIAL OF AMERICAN RUMOR. The Press Association denies the rumor circulated in America that H.M.S. Thunderer was mined and sunk in 'the North Sea on November 7th. GERMANY IN THE NORTH SEA. NO LASTING PEACE WITHOUT STATION FOR HER FLEET.

(Received 11.0 a.m.) Copenhagen, January 7. . Herr Ballin, in an interview, said tliere would never be a lasting peace unless Germany gets a station for her fleet in the North Sea, thus securing the same advantages as Britain. THE FORMIDABLE TORPEDOED (Received 1.15 p.m.) London, January 7. Eoi-d Crewe, in reply to Lord Selborne, said the Admiralty's definite opinion was that the Formidable was struck by two torpedoes from a suitmarine. The captain signalled another ship to keep off, because he believed the submarine was in the vicinity.