On The Sea.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVIII, Issue 288, 14 May 1915, Page 5

On The Sea.

DUEL IN THE CHANNEL v A SUBMARINE OUTWITTED. -t: ATTEMPTS TO RAM FAIL. 'Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received May 'l3, 6.33 p.m. Loudon, May 12. j t Tin- Admiralty announces tlia.it the n tug Homer was towing the French J barque General Dcsonis up the Channel ■« on Saturday, when a German submarine j approached o(V the Isle of Wight. The I submarine hailed and signalled to the w Homer to surrender, but Captain Gibson u did not heed the signals. He waited „ an opportunity, and slipped the tow- ), rope, and steered straight at the sub- a marine under a. shower of bullets from ;, the submarine's machine-gun. a The Homer missed tlie submarine's !, stern by three feet, and then steered J, towards the Owers light-ship. The sub- 0 marine went in pursuit and fired a tor- ~ pedo, wliich passed close to the tug. ]( The submarine gave up the chase in t half an hour, and disappeared. t. The ITomer steamed into Benbride with thirty bullet holes in the hull, and the barque arrived at Dungliens under sail. RECENT NAVAL ■ENGAGEMENT. GERMAN TORPEDOERS DESTROYED. Received May; 13, 11.50 p.m. London, May 13. ti The Admiralty, in a detailed' report j, of tin; action reported on May 2, states ~, that two German torpedoers' attacked ,>, four auxiliary craft, including the Bar- \ badocs and Columbia. After a quarter si of an hour they broke off the action. ji, Tho British destroyers wore notified v< of the direction of the retreat, and they w followed and destroyed the torpedoers. a The, Columbia, however, sank, and six- a \ teen lives were lost. Lieutenant Kir ti James Domville, after the skipper of the e Barbadocs was wounded, worked at tho « helm under heavy fire to avoid Hieing m torpedoed. is tl PROTECTION OF TRAWLERS. tl London, May 12. '■" Mr Macnamara, in reply to n question, s ' stated that the Admiralty was confer- "' ring with the fishing industry with re- tc spect to the further protection of fishing ll fleets. ' '» . ii< N For Children's Hacking Coughs at night, *\| Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, i/6, a/6. ,\, e\ ' la I) BROUGHT TO BAY T Are those enemies of civilisation—Tn- hi digestion and Dyspepsia—when Dr. a\ Sheldon's Tabulea are employed. 1/fl m and 2/6 pet tie. Obtainable everywhere, in