On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 96, 26 April 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

JELLICOE’S CHANCE! “BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES.” LOOKING FOR THE BRITISH FLEET. United Press Association. (Received 9.10 a.m.) Copenhagen, April 25. Leading German newspapers are triumphant at the so-called naval cruises. They declared that the fleet scoured the North Sea several times trying to find the British, and one paper adds: “If Jellicoe wants to prove that Britannia rules the waves, now s Ids chance!” GERMAN WARSHIPS IN THE NORTH SEA. Copenhagen, April 25. A steamer, which lias arrived at Christiania, reports that she saw last Sunday a large number of German warships west of Heligoland. The steamer was stopped, hut eventually was allowed to proceed. SUBMARINE DESTRUCTION. London, April 24. The steamer Helmer passed the Norwegian sailers Eva and Oskar, which had been abandoned in the North Sea. The I'.va was burning and the Oskar was awash, but in full sail. Both were bound for Scotland, timber-laden. A submarine sank the Eva and Oskar. Thee rows were landed at Shields. The Swedish steamer, Ruth Leith, hound for Gothenburg, and coal laden, was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea. The crew has not been picked up. Copenhagen, April 25. The Germans captured a Danish steamer laden with agricultural products hound for Grimsby. She was taken to Sylt. DANISH STEAMER SUNK. DENMARK DEMANDS EXPLANATION FROM GERMANY. (Received 9.10 a.m.) London, April 25. The Grimshy-Ward steamer, a report of which was cabled a day or two ago, was the Nidaros. Denmark

has demanded an explanation horn Germany. SUBMARINES’ ATTACKING METHODS. (Received 9.10 a.m.) London, April 25. A submarine fired a dozen shells at the Eva and Oskar, and the crews were allowed ten minutes to escape. The submarine attacking Ruth Leith discharged a torpedo harmlessly. The captain and five members of the crew went off in a boat intending to show the papers, and when near the submarine the second torpedo struck the Ruth amidships, blowing up the deck. The remainder of the crew had barely time to get into a boat. The Norwegian steamer Caprivi was, mined and sunk off Tory Island. The crew were landed. IN THE DARDANELLES. THREE FORCES LANDED ON TURKISH SOIL. Athens, April 24. Unofficial reports state that a decisive'action has begun in the Dardanelles. The squadrons bombarded the Straits at various points west of Gallipoli, a landing being effected at three points—Savla, in the Peninsula of Gallipoli, at Enos, at the mouth of the river Maritza, and at Bulair, in the Gulf of Saros.