With the Fleets.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 271, 26 April 1915, Page 5

With the Fleets.

THE GERMAN FLEET. SEEN IX THE NORTH SEA. Received April 26, 1 a.m. Copenhagen, April 25. A steamer, which has arrived at Chr.stiania, reports that she saw last Sunday a large number of German warship* west of Heligoland. The steamer was stopped, but cventur'ly was allowed to proceed. NORWEGIAN VESSELS ABANDONED. VICTIMS OF SUBMARINES.

Received April 25, 5.30 p.m. London, April' 24, The steamer Helnjer passed the Norwegian sailers Eva and Oskar, which bad been abandoned in the North Sea. The Eva was burning and the Oskar was av.ash, but in full sail. Both were bound for .Scotland, timber-laden. It i» supposed that submarines attacked them. The fate of the crews is unknown. Received April 20, 1 a.m. London, April 25. A submarine sank the Eva and Oscar. The crews were landed at Shields. Received April 20, 1 a.m. Copenhagen, April 25. The Germans captured a Danish steamer laden with agricultural products bound for Grimsby. She was taken to Sylt. London, April 23. ■ A submarine torpedoed the trawler St. Lawrence in the North Sea. Two men were drowned. Athens, April 23. A Creek sailing vessel wa« sunk by a drifting torpedo in the Aegean Sea. Apparently it was from the Dandanelles. BRITISH NAVAL LOSSES. London, April 23. Mr. Asquith, in reply to Mr. E. T. Johns, stated that between the outset of the war and the end of March the naval casualties were:—332 officers kill-1 ed, 61 wounded, 7 missing, 41 interned, and 11 taken prisoners; 4981 men killed, ft4o wounded (of whom 50 were taken prisoners), 72 missing, 1524 interned, 924 taken prisoners (inclusive of the above wounded). STEAM TRAWLER CAPTURED. Kondon, April 23. An Amsterdam message from Berlin states that a submarine captured the British steam trawler Glencarg, off Aberdeen,, and brought her to a German port. irORK BRUTALITY. London;- April 23. The skipper of the St. Lawrence states that after the submarine fired the crew launched a boat. All wore in except two when the submarine ordered the boat to be cut away. This was done, and the two men .jumped into the water, but when the skipper attempted to pick .them up the submarine resumed firing and the boat was compelled to leave the men to he drowned. The submarine eventually blew up the trawler. THE GERMAN FLEET. Berlin, April 23. The Admiralty states that the High Seas Fleet has repeatedly been cruising in the North Sea and has advanced into English waters without meeting British warships. GREAT NAVAL STRUGGLE PI! E1)I< TED. London. April 23. American newspapers, publishing reports emphasising British submarine activity on the German coast and the suspension of British and Dutch shipping, declare that a titanic naval struggle is SWEDISH BOAT TORPEDOED. Receive-! April 20. 12.20 a.m. London.'April 2J. The Swedish steamer. Rictlt f.aith. hound for Oothenberg, and coal laden, was,torpedoed mid sunk in the North Sea. The crew has not been picked up.