On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 68, 19 November 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

SUBMARINE SUPPLIES. SPANISH TRIBES SUSPECTED. GOVERNMENT REQUESTED TO REDOUBLE VIGILANCE. United Association. (Received 12..‘15 p.m.) Paris, November 18. Britain and Italy have drawn Ihe attention of the Spanish Government to the possibility of German submarines receiving petrol and other supplies on the Spanish coast, and have asked the Government to redouble its vigilance. It is believed that Kabyles in sheltered spots on the SpanishMoroccan coast are assisting German agents. REPLENISHED AT CORFU. SPECIAL PUMPING MACHINERY AT THE KAISER’S VILLA. (Received 12.35 p.tn.) Paris, November 18. The Figaro states that German submarines are replenishing their stores at Corfu, off the Kaiser’s palace, the Achilleion, where there is special pumping machinery and oil tanks. [ (Corfu, an island in the lonian Sea, belonging to Greece, has an area of 270 square miles. The German Emperor lias a villa, the Achilleion, in the neighbourhood of the port of Corfu on the east coaist.)

THE END OF THE ANGLIA. United Press Association. London, November 18. The Anglia fouled a floating mine at midday. She listed heavily and floated for thirty minutes. Several warships that raced to her assistance found tne Anglia badly down by the bead, and one vessel passed under her stern 'arid 1 tbok off forty’men, of whom two afterwards died. The tragic loss of the Anglia, in sight of land, adds a bright page T to the brave story of the British race. . Like the heroes of the Birkenhead, the wpunded apd hale with splendid couragA.calriily’ i'ap’aited thejjlr, eqd. j/; 1 The crew of the London collier Lusitania witnessed the, explosion and /squill e soldiers emerging from |jolpw, assembling on dock, and awaiting their turn to enter the boats as though they were ,at (the quay. ' There was no crowding. The slightly wounded men gave preference to the more serious cases, including two hundred cot cases, and the nurses, of whom only three are known to have been worked ';splerididjyt devoting - themselves to assisting the wounded.

The Anglia, though mortally 1 wormed, surged forward in a vain, effort to. reach the shore, all the time sounding her siihn. Her rescuers kept pace with her, and worked* with the utmost difficulty. her decks _ got steeper, many : off add- were picked up iA. the;»watcr. The Aiiglisl’.s t'rew, diving in, rescued many. The : end ca'nie with dramatic suddenness., The Anglia stood ‘-5n her bows for an instant, with the wounded soldiers, nurses, doctors, and sailors clinging on, and then disappeared. The Lusitania lowered her boats, which participated in the rescues, and she herself was soon afterwards mined, all on board being saved. The Anglia’s masts, flying the Red Cross, are still visible. King George has written as follows to Mr Balfour; “I am shocked at the loss of the Anglia, which recently brought me across the Channel and grieve at the loss of life incurred. I trust that the survivors did not unduly suffer terrible exposure. 1 extend ray heartfelt sympathy to the families of those who perished. THE SHIP WAS SHELLED. (Received 8.45 a.m.) Washington, November 18. Dr. Cecil Greil, the only American survivor from the Ancona, swears an affidavit that an Austrian submarine shelled the Ancona after the Ancona had answered the warning. THE LOST ANCONA. Washington, November 17. The Austrian Government, in answering the American protests, denies 'that any shots were fired at the Ancona after she came to a stop, or that any shots were fired at lifeboats •'obtaining passengers or crew. The Ancona attempted to escape after warning, and therefore a torpedo was fired, but ample time was given passengers to escape, anti the fault was entirely that of the crew in failing to heed the warning.

CAPTURE OF SIX SUBMARINES. Rome, November 18. L e Tribuna reports that the Allied warships have captured six enemy submarines in the Aegean Sea. AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SUNK. (Received 9.55 a.m.) Rome, November 18. It is reported that an Austrian submarine was sunk by Allied torpedoers.