With the Fleets.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 237, 16 March 1915, Page 5

With the Fleets.

THE GERMAN "BLOCKADE." LIST OF VESSELS TORPEDOED. RETALIATORY MEASURES TO BE STRENGTHENED. London, March 14. Tile Admiralty states that the following British merchantmen have been sunk by submarines since March 10: Aden, in the Channel, on the lltli, towed to Cherbourg. Florazan, at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, on the 11th, sinking unconfirmed. The crew landed except one fireman; Headlands, not sunk; Indian City, sunk; Andalu-iun, sinking not confirmed. All of the Seillics on the 12th. All the crews are reported saved. Hartdale, South Rock, Irish Channel, on the 13th, not sunk; two drowned and twentv-nine saved.

Invergyle, ofT Corsewall Point, on the 13th. sunk: all saved. The submarine U29 sunk the French steamer Auguste Conseil oil Start Point, Devonshire. The crew were saved.

The attack of U2O on the Indian City was witnessed from the shore. The submarine chased the vessel to the headland and soon overtook her and torpedoed lier, after the 'row had quitted her. Afterwards she pursued the A:idalusian until they were out of sight of land.

The Swedish steamer Hanna ha? been sunk ofT Scarborough and six out of th» crew of twenty killed, apparently by an exnlosion. An officer states that he saw the torpedo, though the submarine was invisible. The vessel's name and nationality were painted from the rail to the water-line. An Exchange telegram states that a Paris decree tightening the blockade of Germany will be issued next week. It has been drafted by the British Admiralty and the French Ministry of Marine conjointly. All ships bound for Germany will be seized, irrespective, of their flag, and taken to a French port and examined. The question whether a German ship shall be taken as a prize or sunk is left to the discretion of the captors. Provision is made for payment for merchandise seized. Paris, March 14. The French steamer Campinas just escaped being torpedoed off Cherbourg by taking refuge behind a neutral ship. Torpedo boats chased the submarine, but it escaped.

TIIE EMDEX OUTDONE. London, March 14. American naval circles express frank admiration of the career of the German armed liner Prince Eitel Friederich, which, from a technical standpoint, puts the Emdcn's exploits in the shade. A CRAFT WITH A RECORD. THE U29. i WHO WILL END IT? Received March lfi, 12.15 a.m. London, March 15. The captain of the submarine U29 claims that h e sank the Aboukir, Cressv and Hogue. GERMAN COWARDS. SHOOT AT DROWNING SAILORS. Received March 10, 12.15 a.m. London, March 15. London papers publish photographs of bluejackets tiring a volley at the spot where the Good Hope and Monmouth sank. A HUMANE SPASM. QUICKLY PASSES. Received Marcli 15, 10.15 p.m. London, March 15. The U2i) gave the Auguste Consort's ■crew ten minutes to quit. The engineer refused to scuttle the steamer. The Germans placed three bombs aboard, but ' these were ineffective; but three others broke the vessel in twain._ The crew .were taken aboard the submarine and given cigars. The submarine towed the boats and handed them over to a neutral steamer. The Adcnjen's crew were treated similarly. The Floragon was sunk without warning, and the explosion killed a fire- , man.