On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 39, 15 October 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

BRITISH IN THE BALTIC. CONCERN IN GERMANY. UHixan uhkbi! association Copenhagen, October 15. The success of the British sumarines in the Baltic overshadows even | the news from the Balkans. A German captain states that lie saw j three steamers sunk on Monday. Af- | ter hearing an explosion, he found j wreckage and lifeboats bottom upwards. Then, steering east, be saw another vessel disappear, four hundred yards away. Later in the evening he heard a terrific explosion and a third vessel’s lights were extinguished. The tables are now turned on the Germans, in waters where hitherto they were unchallenged. Neutral ships are not molested, but au effective German isolation is resulting. The only losses reported are those where the crews land in Sweden ; nothing is said in cases where the crews are landing in Germany. HOW IT WAS DONE. DESTROYER SPLIT IN HALF. MERCHANTMEN ESCORTED BY WARSHIPS. (Received noon.) Copenhagen, October 15. , There was a terrific cannonade off Moeu, a Danish island in the Baltic, on Wednesday morning. A German cruiser and three torpedo boats were circling round a British submarine, and the firing was incessant, when suddenly there was a deafening explosion. A torpedo hit a torpedo boat and split it iu half, which sunk like a stone. The submarine remaining in the vicinity, the cruiser and torpedo boats fied southwards. No survivors were seen. German ships arrived in the evening, but searchlights failed to locate the submarine.. In consequence of submarine success German warships are escorting all merchantmen in the Baltic. THE WEEK’S SHIPPING. Loudon, October 15. For the week ended October 13 arrivals and departures totalled 1501, whereof four vessels, aggregating 15,464 toils were sunk. SUBMARINES IN BALTIC. GERMAN DESTROYER SUNK. (Received 9.40 a.m.) Copenhagen, October 15. A British submarine attacked a German cruiser and two destroyers in the Baltic. She torpedoed and sank a destroyer. The others lied.