ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 26 January 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

STATEMENTS BY SURVIVORS OF U 69. COMPLETELY SURPRISED. TREACHERY ALLEGED. Received 10.45. YMCI DEN, Jan 25. The crew of U 69 say they left Zeebrugge apparently on an ordinary patrol on Monday afternoon. She was the rearguard of a flotilla of eleven vessels. The alarm was sounded about three in the morning. They were just in time to reach the deck, when they discovered the British abeam. They opened fire immediately with great accuracy, at long range. There must have been treachery, as all precautions were taken to avoid detection. The crippled ship tried to reach the mounth of the Ems, but the British cut off their escape, so they decided to run ashore, and found Ymuiden reachable. THE GERMAN ACCOUNT. LONDON, Jan 24. German official.—Our torpedoers encountered the English in Hofoden. We sank one destroyer. Another was observed by an aeroplane to be in a sinking condition. One .of our torpedoers was damaged, and becoming unseaworthy, ran to Ymuiden. All the other ships returned with slight losses. POSTED AS MISSING. Received 9.45. LONDON, Jan 26. Lloyds has posted as missing the British steamers Hedawerl and Seafisher, and the French steamer Plane. LONDON, January 24 The Dutch steamer Zeta, 3053 tons, (he British steamer Neuqueen, 3583 tons, and several trawlers have been sunk. Thirty-three Norwegian vessels, worth two million sterling, have been sunk since 1.016. LONDON, Jan 24. The Dutch steamer Salland was submarined. The crew wore saved. GERMANY LOSES SUPPLIES. LONDON, Jan 24. A large quantity of supplies was destroyed by fire in a factory near Essen, The damage is estimated at a million marks.