On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 59, 9 July 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

ONE SUBMARINE LESS.

THE WORK OF A PATROL BOAT.

United Press Association. (•Received 8.55 a.m.) Paris, July 8

The Figaro, gives details of the submarine which was recently destroyed in the Channel. It states that the submarine, which was apparently of the latest type, strove to aim a torpedo at the patrol boat Holland, .but the latter was brilliantly handled and never presented a target for the torpedo. Meanwhile the Holland fired twenty-five rounds, 1 the last at twenty-five yards range, and the submarine disappeared in a cloud of thick smoke.

THE FALABA INCIDENT.

MERSEY'S OAMNINC JUDGMENT.

United Press Association. (Received 8.55 a.m.) London, July 8

I Lord Mersey's judgment on the sinking of the Falaba states there were more than sufficient lifeboats and all were in good order. The cargo included thirteen tons of cartridges and gunpowder, but the amount did not exceed what was usual in peace-time. The Falaba was unarmed, and the submarine, did not give those on board reasonable opportunity to enter the boats. indeed, opportunity was so inadequate that Lord Mersey was driven to the conclusion that the submarine's captain aimed at sacrificing the lives of the passengers and crew. There was evidence of laughing and jeering aboard the submarine while the Falaba \s people were struggling for their lives. *<

AN ITALIAN LOSS.

CRUISER FALLS VICTIM TO AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE.

(Received 8.55 a.m.)

London, July 8

An Austrian submarine torpedoed and sank the Italian cruiser Amain (0.956 tons) in the Adriatic. ' ITALIAN WARSHIP TORPEDOED. BRAVE SAILORS GOOD DISCIPLINE. (Received 10.5 a.ml) Rome, July 8. Official.—During the naval reconnaisance last night the Amalli was torpedoed in the Upper Adriatic. Nearly the whole of her crew and officers were saved. The vessel heeled rapidly but the, crew with admirable discipline, cheered the King and Italy as they were ordered to leave the ship.

BRITISH SUBMARINE'S WORK.

•The High Commissioner reports:— London, July 8 (9.30 a.m.) Petrograd officially announces that the submarine which successfully attacked the German warship on Friday was British.