ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, 14 June 1918, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

CHASER AND .PIRATE. \ ; NEW YORK, June 12. The United Press Association Wash* ington correspondent states that it i 0 practically certain that a chaser sank a U-boat on Saturday of the Virginia coast. The chaser suddenly encountered a submarine with the periscope show« ang. The vessels circled each other for several minutes at a hundred yards' distance. The chaser then made a dash over the U-boat, and dropped •a depth bomb. The periscope difiJ* appeared and oil rose to the surface. The explosion lifted up the chaser. Vi is reported that three German sailors* caps were found in the vicinity. TWO AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHTS* SUNK. NEW YORK, June 12, The United Press Association's Rome correspondent states that it 13 officially announced that two Italian torpedo-boats sank two Austrian; dreadnoughts in the Dalmatian Island* on Monday last. MOST DARING ACTION OF THE WAR, STORY OF THE EXPLOIT. Received 11.20 a..m ROME, June 12. ; The torpedoing of two powerful Austrian warships 'is the most seriousj blow yet inflicted on the Austrian! navy, Italian light torpedoers have made many daring incursions into enemy waters, but this seems to be the most daring of all. The torpedoers, boldly joining the Austrian torpedoers as escorts, steamed side by side with) them in the darkness and seized the opportune- rn.on4.ent \tvo deal) .'a Jfaital blow ,twice torpedoing a twenty-two thousand ton battleship and hitting an armoured cruiser with the third torpedo before the enemy was aware of their presence. Captain Eiggo, commander of the expedition has had a brilliant career* •and is thirty years of age. He was trained in the mercantile marine, and engaged in many raids on the Adriatic Coast, and Trieste Gulf. He assisted in protecting the army's retreat at the Piave. He penetrated the Trieste harbour and torpedoed the cruiser Wien. He achieved his latest performance without a mishap.

THE SUBMARINE MENACE. SIR E. GEDDES' STATEMENT. ' Received Noon. PARIS, June 12. • Sir Eric Geddes, interviewed by the Petit Parisien, said: Since January we have sunk more submarines than the enemy has bu?lt. We attack submarines on an average of seventy times weekly, basing returns on those whereof we are sure of having seen wrecked or secured, the crew* Most submarines hit urgently need repairs, therefore the results of many attacks are unknown. The damage at Ostend and Zeebrugge is more extensive than was at first supposed, (fstend. since the Vindictive was sunk has not been used for submarines or destroyers, which are bottled up at Bruges. Beth ports are constantly harried by aeroplanes. The position of Allied shipbuilding is most satis, factory.