On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 9, 12 January 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

REPORTED NAVAL FIGHT. GERMAN BATTLE-CRUISER SUNK [United Press Association.] London, January 11. An Independent Cable Service message from Vancouver says the Buenos Aires newspaper La Prehsa publishes a report that a British cruiser engaged and sank the German battlecruiser Von der Tann, carrying a crew of 900 men.

Another report gives a widely distant location, and adds: “The Government has received a wireless that the British cruiser is afloat, and is believed to be undamaged.” SEIZURE OF NITRATE CARGO. London, January 11. The German barque Viganella, with a valuable nitrate cargo, has been brought to Plymouth. (This is probably the Viganella. which was the first direct boat from England to New Plymouth.) the KONIGSBERC'S fate. London, January 11,

Captain Willett, of the steamer Newbridge, which was sunk in order .to block the Konigsberg from escaping, has arrived. He states that

the Germans skilfully concealed the Konigsberg among the palms, and she could not lie discovered until the British obtained an aeroplane, which dropped smoke-bombs, revealing the Konigsberg’s position. The British then shelled and sank the Konigsberg. Captain Willett believes that the crew perished with her.