With the Fleets.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 249, 30 March 1915, Page 5

With the Fleets.

ACTIVITY OF SUBMARINES.

U37 DAMAGED OR SUNK.

THE MEDEA OUTRAGE,

London, March 27,

Captain Evans, of the steamship Lizzie, states that lie witnessed the torpedoeing of the Delmira by U37. He maintained full speed and ran over the submarine, which was damaged or sunk, judging by the oily surface. The Lizzie then picked up the Delmira's crew. The Liverpool steamer Vosges was sunk by shellfinT on the Cornish coast. The engineer was killed and three injured by shrapnel. A patrol ' yacht brought the crew to New Quay. A German submarine was sighted near the Firth of Clyde. . Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, March 28.

The Admiralty announces that the Medea was flying the Dutch flag, and had "Medea, Amsterdam," painted in large letters on her side. The submarine ordered the Medea to send a boat with her papers. The crew were ordered to take to the boats, and the ship was sunk by gunfire. The return of the papers was asked for, but refused. A destroyer brought the crew to Dover.

RAMMED A SUBMARINE. Received March 30, 12.10 a.m. Paris, March 29.

The Lizzie's "engineer states that when the submarine sighted the Lizzie she cut the Delmiras adrift, and made straight for the Lizzie. The captain ordered full speed ahead, and rushed the submarine, and undoubtedly rammed the German submarine, of which there was no further trace except oil, HOW THE Y 7 OSGES ESCAPED. A SUBMARINE'S DEADLY YYORK. Received March 20, 7.20 p.m. London, March 2*. The Y r osges evaded the submarine for two hours, preventing the discharge of the torpedo. The attacker then used a gun, and the Y'osges suffered terribly. The ship was riddled with bullets and the deck fittings swept away. Th c captain, mate, second mate, ship's hoy, and a lady passenger were wounded. Finally the submarine abandoned the chase. The final shot made a hole in thc at the water-line, two feet square. The captain went over the sid ( . to ascertain if it could he repaired, and narrowly escaped being drawn into the hole by the rush of water, which led to the Y'osgcs sinking. The submarine subsequently chased the Aquaila.