On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 57, 12 June 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

m — ITALIAN TRANSPORT SUNK IN THE ADRIATIC. Unitkd Press association. Rome, Juno 10. Two submarines attacked three Italian transports in the Lower Adriatic, and torpedoed the . Prince TTmberto, winch sank in a few minutes. About half the soldiers were drowned. ESCAPE FROM THE BALTIC. London, June 10. ' A Daily Mail correspondent states that 1 the steamer Dunrobin, of Newcastle passed the Sound bound for England. She had been at Lulea since'tfie beginning of the war. Twenty oierman armed trawlers chased the Dunrobin, but a Swedish torpedoer, with Prince Whilhelm commanding, convoyed her through the Sound. The Dunrobin presumably started directly after the Jutland battle, and apparently German destroyers are unable to patrol the south Baltic. ■ NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK. Amsterdam, June 10. ! A submarine torpedoed the Norwegian stcamerOrkedal. The' crew landed at Ymiuden. SCRAP OFF lEEBRUCCE. MONITORS ENCACE GERMAN DESTROYERS. i Copenhagen, June 10. Official: British j>atr6l monitors and destroyers engaged destroyers off Zeebrugge, which later returned to port when the monitors fired. We had no casualties and suffered no damage. THE JUTLAND FIGHT. TWENTY-THREE GERMAN SHIPS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. Ymiiiden, June; 10. The Dutch trawler i Barincz, which was stopped by Germans' and taken to Cuxhaven, has arrived here. She reports 'having learned a* Cuxhaven that six large German warships, i including the dreadnought Ostfriesland, md also seventeen destroyers, had not returned after the battle. OFFICERS' REPORTS. London, June 9. Officers who are on furlough are amazed at the Germans' claim of victory. They describe the attacks of the anemy destroyers as feeble in the extreme. They seemed as if they would not dare,to persist in their attacks. Their firing was accurate at first, but directly the ships were hit it became wild. .An officer states that the Germans lost two vessels of the Kaiser class, two battle cruisers, four cruisers, and twenty destroyers. Five German big ships were afire. The second salvo from the British vessels, at 8000 vards, disposed of all the turrets on ihe Lutzow, except one. The Lutzow then burst into flames from aft to her oremast. FZVE GERMAN SUBMARINES LOST. Copenhagen, June 9. Messages from Kiel state that five German submarines did not return liter the Skager Rack battle, and they ire regarded as lost. WOUNDED WARSHIPS. London, June 10. The Cunard liner Campania acted as .the seaplane ship in the naval battle. When the Warrior was hard pressed the Campania got between the Ceriums and the Warrior, put a tow-line iboard and towed her for ten hours until the Warrior gradually sank. ['lie Campania took off the crew. Amsterdam, June 10. Travellers from Berlin state that they heard the DerfHinger had sunk at Wilhelmshnven. One saw placards ort the walls explaining that the Kaiser

was not responsible for the war, which had been forced on Germany, it is understood the pi.xrr.rds are amended to prevent a revolution, ulnch the •Kni:cr fears. I Copenhagen. .June I<J. A mercantile skipper, a frequent visitor to German harbors, states that the sunken Pommern was a battle cruiser just completed before the Skager Hack action. The steamer Vanda reports having passed on Saturday the wreck of a gigantic warship in the North Sea. The nationality of the vessel was unknown. The Vanda steamed about for three hours and found dead sailors wearing lifebelts. The letters M.A.D. were visible on one lifebelt. H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND. AUSTRALIAN CONGRATULATIONS Melbourne, June 10. The Governor-General has cabled to the Governor of New Zealand congratulations on H.M.S. New Zealand's successful participation in the North Sea fight, and hopes that on the day of fiin. 1 success the Australia and New Zealand will fight together. The Governor of New Zealand replied that the forces of the Dominion were always proud to be associated with Australia on sea or land. JAPANESE ALARM DELAYED. London, June 9. The Times' correspondent at Tokio cables that extraordinary battle news was received on Saturday and greatly depressed the foreign communities. Further reports restored confidence, and the battle is now seen in its true perspective. The Naval Department published a communique from its own official reports confirming the British statements. , , • SINKING THE GERMANS. (Received 9.15 a.m.) London, June 11. A gunner on the protected cruiser Dublin asserts positively that she sank three German cruisers. He noticed that a large number of dead Germans in the sea wore civilian clothes. A bluejacket aboard the Southampton states that she torpedoed the Seydlitz at 350 yards range, and ho saw the Seydlitz sink. '■' ; '*"'•*'"'- : ' -'' - * ' GROTESQUE GERMAN EXPLANA- _( , tiojn; ■'■ amusing fabrications. . (Received 9.0 a.m.) •London, June 11. The latest grotesque German explination of the events leading £a the battle is contained in an American ItJnited Press wireless from * Berlin to New York, which say.-: ! The German Admiral ;y was di.-i'i-clined to believe that it was Admiral Jellicoe's intention to send the licet into the Baltic in order to. complete the blockade of Germany. • :' -"J'tvman officers believe that,, the English Fleet finally succeeded in getting out of the English harbours into the North Sea and were defeated The victory is regarded,by -'.Germany as dispelling the Ai l exptjution that tlley could defeat' Germany's Fleet. ! &, ' ''¥ v "

"ONLY THE FIRST ROUND!" BEATTY'S BREEZY ADDRESS. ALL DID THEIR DUTY. WAITING FOR THE CONG I (Received 9.0 a.m.) London, June 11. Admiral Beatty, addressing the officers and men of a battle cruiser, said; I offer you sincere thanks. The day will over remain a gallant one in history. We carried out what wo hoped to do. Most of you have girls. Tell them you did your duty, which the British are always doing. You can take it from me, we inflicted far greater damage on the Germans than they did on us. They lost so many destroyers that Ave could not manage to count them. We all lost relatives and friends, but their valuable lives were not wasted. We must now get the ships into condition for the second round. We only had the first, but in the second I think they will throw up the sponge." GERMAN TRICKS FOR MANOEUVRING. (Received 9 a.m.) London, June 11. ■■ Sit-; Admiral Jellicoe's officers comment on the enemy's device in spreading clouds of whitish and yellow smokes, enabling the ships to manoeuvre unseen.