On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 70, 22 November 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

FRENCH TRANSPORT LOST. SUBMARINED IN THE MEDITER- I RANEAN. 53 SAVED OUT OF 800. SUBMARINE OFFICER’S GRIM c. United Prises Association. (Received 8.25 a.m.) London, November 2.1. An officer of the steamer Lady Plymouth relates a story that the ’S' reuch 'transport Calvales was submar n.ied in jtbe Mediterranean. They picked up a boat containing forty-six, w.ho were 'French soldiers who had been in the trenches for fifteen months jmd were I going back to the trenches.., The officer stated that he saw three 'soldiers after losing hold oT the raft iswim to the submarine, hoping to be taken aboard, but an officer on the 'submarine kicked the mien’s hands* 'and his comrades were obliged to look helpless while the Men drowned. who were rescued were terribly 'cut and bruised. The Lady Plymouth saved fifty-three .out of 800. There are no tidings of the remainder. . ESCAPE OF THE El3’S COMMANDER. (Received 9.15 a.m.) Copenhagen, November 21. • The-Politiken states that Commander Layton, of the interned British submarine Eld, told the barrack commandant that the promise not to es- ' cape would only apply when the outside barracks guard ordered a strict watch. Commander Layton returned to bed, saying he was taking a sleeping draught, hut he escaped through the window, proceeding thence in a friendly boat. He left as a dummy a bed sponge for his head. Two other officers who attempted to escape were caught climbing the wall.

GERMAN SUBMARINES RE-F.n f I FITTED. • A j ; ,’ i. GERMAN WORKSHOPS ON SEA,. OF MARMORA. i (Received 10.5 a.m.) , [ .1*11 i Bulgarian reports state that many German -submarines passing towards Turkey and ( to German workshops at fy>t|bsto'' where they are being refitted. SUBMARINE VICTIM. CLAN MACALISTER AND CARIA. (Received 10.5 a.m.) .* • f* {L(|ndon,j Jfovenjber 21. f A mbniber of the crew of the Caria states that a German submarine manbed by Austrians twice torpedoed the Clan Macalister- after the crew took to the f boats; they then shelled and sank tl)e 6aVia after ordering,.the crew the line The. conuimndfey before le.-jvingi saynf&iie Iras only 7 offej'fng s 'bi-derB } ,:The seemed to? be made, almost eutii<|&<j.of' aluminum, anil looked like a silver strip in the sini’s rays.