On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 61, 15 March 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

RUNNING THE BLOCKADE.

THE PRINCE EITEL FREDERICH.

AMERICAN ADMIRATION FOR LATE EMDEN'S RIVAL. Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8 a.m.) Loudon, March 13. American naval circles express frank admiration of the Prince Eitel Frederick's career, which from a technical standpoint puts the Emden's exploits in the shade.

AUXILIARY CRUISER TORPEDOED.

ALL CRIST TO THE SUBMARINE < MILL.

United Phess Association

London, March 13

The Admiralty reports that the auxiliary cruiser Bayano was suuk off the west coast of England, probably torpedoed. Twenty-six 'were saved and 194 are missing, including the commander and thirteen officers.

The steamer Castlereagh passed through wreckage and bodies wearing lifebelts on Thursday morning, and searched for survivors, but a submarine chased her for twenty minul3S. Survivors, state that it was pitch dark when the Bayano was struck off Corsewall Point. The steamer sai,k in a few minutes. Many were as-leep at the time. There was no pan;e, everyone going to his post. Some of the boats were cut away, but were smashed in the descent. Captain Carr said to a sailor who was giving out „the lifebelts, "Good, lad. Save yourself." The captain stood ju tbe bridge, cool and collected, as the cbip went down. The bulk of the men were drawn into the vortex. The, steamer Balgrino rescued eighteen men, quite exhausted, after four hours. Some were clinging to :*n upturned boat, and others to rafts. The patrol ship Tara rescued eight.

THE PIRATE, DRESDEN.

"Santiago, March 14

The Dresden sunk the Conway Castle. The crew has arrived at Valparaiso.

FRENCH STEAMER SUNK.

Buenos Ayros, March 10.

The Kron Prinz Wilhelm sank the French steamer Guato Loupe, off Fernando de Noronha, an island on the east coast of Brazil.

THE TOLL IN SHIPS.

London March 13.

The Admiralty announces that from the beginning of the war to February 7th seventy-three British merchantmen were sunk of captured, whereof eleven were mined and eleven sunk by submarines. Forty-six fishing vessels were captured or sunk, whereof eighteen were sunk by mines. Only one fishing boat was mined since the start of the blockade.

SUBMARINE U 29 AT WORK IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

FRENCH STEAMER SUNK OFF DEVON.

(Received 9.5 a.m.) London, March 14. The submarine T 129 sunk the French steamer Auguste Conseil off Start Point, Devonshire. The crew was saved.

THE KARLSRUHE'S ESCAPE.

Copenhagen, March 13

A released prisoner who was lately aboard the Karlsruhe, says he heard that when the Glasgow ceased chasing her she only had five tons of coal aboard. . .

GENUINE NORWEGIAN OIL-

CARGO.

Paris, March 13

The Norwegian steamer Bryssel, oil-laden, from America to Stockholm, wbich the British had previously examined, has been releascd ) *he authorities being satisfied with the genuineness of the cargo's destination. Washington, March 'l3.

It is officially established that the William Frye carried only wheat. The authorities state that the fact that the cargo had been sold in transit to a British firm did not alter the necessity for taking the ship to port for adjudication." The British view is that if the United States suffers foodstuffs bound for England to be sunk she can hardly protest against the Allies' prohibition against Germany.

BUILDING SUBMARINES Amsterdam, March 13. The Telograaf says Reuter coalinns the report that five hundred workmen are hurriedly building submarines at Antwerp. TIGHTENING THE BLOCKADE. NAVAL AUTHORITIES ISSUE DECREE FOR REPRISALS. (Received 8.20 a.m.) London, March 13. An Exchange telegram from Paris states that a decree for tightening the blockade on Germany will be issued next week. It was drafted by the British Admiralty and the French Minister of Marine conjointly. All ships going to Germany will be seized, irrespective of the Flag, and will be taken to a French port and examined.

The question whether a German ship will be taken as a prize or sunk is to be left to the discretion of the captors. Provision is made for the payment of. the merchandise seized.

HYDROPLANE WRECKED OFF JUTLAND.

United Press Association. (Received 8.20 a.m.) Copenhagen, March 14. Fishing boats rescued the crew of a German hydroplane which was wrecked at Jutland.

THE BELRIDCE NOT TORPEDOED (Received 8.20 a.m.) Copenhagen, March 14. Germany has replied to Norway denying that they torpedoed the Belridge.

FRENCH VESSEL'S NARROW

ESCAPE.

(Received 9.5 a.m.) Paris, March 14

The French steamer Campinas just escaped being torpedoed off Cherboug by taking refuge near a neutral ship. Torpedoers chased the submarine, which escaped.

WORK IN DARDANELLES.

BATTLESHIP BOMBARDMENT. United Press Association. Paris, March 13. Official: Two British vessels boin-

battled Bulair. To batt!a>li'l>s bombarded eight batteries commanding Mortobay at the entrance to the Dardanelles to prevent repairs. The French division continues operations.

BOMBING BATTERIES FROM THE GULF OF SAROS. VIOLENT DUEL THROUGHOUT SATURDAY NIGHT. (Received 11.20 a.m.) Paris, March 14. "Le Matin's Athens correspondent states: The Queen Elizabeth in the Gulf of Saros destroyed the military building and several shore batteries. There was a violent duel throughout Saturday night hetween the cruisers and the forts.

The French cruisers vigorously cannoned and dispersed a body of Turks.

The forts being subjected to bombardment are very probably those on the neck of Oallipoli Peninsula separating the Gulf of Saros from the Sea of Marmora. The neck is only throe miles across, and hero there is a line f)l Turkish forts commanding the whole distance.

FIFTY-FIVE VESSELS LOCKED UP IN THE DARDANELLES.

Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8 a.m.) London, March 13. The re-opening of the Dardanelles would release 55 steamers, including eleven British and twenty-seven Russian vessels.

TURKS FLEE TO INTERIOR.

Athens, March 13

The Allies restroyed a bridge near the town of Dardanelles, used for the transport of artillery to the forts. The enemy's fire has improved, probably owing to German gunners.' Six units reinforced the allied squadron, which bombarded the Smyrna forts. The Turks have evacuated coastal villages and fled to the interior.

The Triumph's officers relate that the battleship was for some time tinder a tornado of shells. The Triumph was seventeen times in action, and fired two thousand rounds. She was hit fourteen times. Her funnel was riddled, and a shell pepetrated the turrets where there were fifteen men. Only one was killed. When the landing parties blew up the foi;ts, huge pieces of wreckage were hurled nearly across the straits.

TURKISH LOSSES RECORDED.

Rome, March 14

The Giornale d'ltalia states that twenty Turkish officers and three hundred men were killed in the first day's bombardment. A thousand were killed on the second day, including Von Kobe, the German commander in the Dardanelles.