ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, 6 November 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

THE SUNKEN CONVOY. SHELLED AT RANGE OF 100 YDS. LONDON, Novemeber 4. The Norwegian newspaper “Tidens Tegn, ” giving details of the sinking of the convoy in the North Sea on ers October 17, says that German cruisers and torpedoers advancing down each side swept the convoy with all guns at a range of less than two hun- ; dred yards. Not content with sinking the ships they shelled lifeboats, every living thing coming in their way being mercilessly slaughtered.. The survivors owed their lives to the rough sea making the boats a difficult mark. After deposing of the British destroyers the Germans cruised backwards and forwards along the sinking vessels pouring in a fresh rain of shells at a hundred yards range. MINEFIELD IN THE TASMAN. SYDNEY, November 5. Mine-sweeping,, operations are pre ; ceeding. The authorities believe that the mines -were possibly dropped during a voyage between Melbourne and Sydney.