On the Sea
GERMAN CLAIMS DENIED BY BRITISH ADMIRALTY. Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Ansnciation. Amsterdam, AlTgust 22. A German Admiralty communique states: On Saturday,. our submarines observed five small EtfglUh cruisers and two destroyer ilotillas, followed by six battle-cruisers. /Our submarine hit and sank one four-funnelled destroyer of the Mohawk type. A submarine twice toi-pedoed a cruiser of the Chatham type, but owing -to the cruiser protection was unable to repeat the attack after waiting two hours, when the submarine was obliged to submerge to avoid a destroyer attempting to ram her. Another submarine sank a damaged cruiser. The British Admiralty comments that no destroyer was touched. London, August 22. The Admiralty reports: A submarine commander states that while n Gorman warship was being escorted, damaged, to the harbor, by five destroyers, we again torpedoed her.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 22, 24 August 1916, Page 5
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139On the Sea Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 22, 24 August 1916, Page 5
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