ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 August 1915, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

SUBMARINE WARFARE, _ ; PRACTICALLY CONFINED TO DEFINITE: LIMITS,' _ New York, August 11, the Herald's Loudon naval correspond dent says it is beginning to be rccogaised that there are substantial grounds for Mr. Churchill's statement that the submarine menace has been fixed within denliite limits. The Tribune's correspondent declares that although it has been made known that Germany has thrown into the blockade of t]ie United Kingdom submarines of better type they do not appear to be giving increased effectiveness. British naval experts now scoff at the cfl'Morts to cut off England's supplies. TIT FOR TAT. A NORTH SEA INCIDENT. London, August 11. The German auxiliary Meteor sank tits English patrol ship Ramsay in the North Sea. The Meteor was blown up by her own commander to escape pursuit from English warships. The Admiralty announces that four officers and 39 of the Ramsay's crew were saved. Received August 12, 9.20 p.m. London, August 12. The Meteor was formerly a HamburgAmerika liner, with a powerful armament of ijuiekfirers. An Italian submarine sank an Austrian submarine, with all hands, in the npjofr Adriatic. THE RAMSEY SINKING. Received August 13, 12.50 a.m. Amsterdam, August 12. A Berlin official message says that the Meteor, after sinking the Ramsey, "picked up forty of 'the crew, .Including four officers. Next day four British cruisers surrounded the Meteor, and the hitter's commander sank the Meteor after the ereiv of British prisoners and the erew of a sailing vessel, whixh had previously been sunk as a prize, had been saved. The Meteor's crew reached a German part. THE TORPEDO TOLL. THIRTEEN MOKE VICTIMS. Received August 12, 0.5 p.m. London, August 12, The Francovec, a French barque bound from Australia, has been sunk. The erew landed. Five other vessels and seven trawlers have also been sunk.' A FURTHER TOLL. Received August 13, 1.50 a.m. London, August 12. The British steamer Oakwood has been sunk, the Rosalice beached, and the Norwegian steamer Carnger and barque Morne, and the Russian barque Zaltzer have been sunk. AH the crews were saved, and likewise the crews of three trawlers and three smacks, which were torpedoed. IN THE ADRIATIC. AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SUNK, Received August 12, 9.40 p.m. Rome, August 12. A naval official statement says: Two Austrian destroyers bombarded llari, Santos Pirito aiid Muloetta. Cue civilian was killed and seven were wounded. Our submarines torpedoed and sank the Austrian submarine Ul2 in the Upper Adriatic, and the crew perished. IN THE GULF OF RICA. GERMAN NAVAL DOCUMENT. Received August 12, 9.30 p.m. Amsterdam, August 12. A German naval official message says: We attacked, on August 10, the'fortified Island of Uto. at the entrance of the Alands Aivhipcligo. mid compelled the Russian force, including a cruiser of the Makarol'i' class, to' retreat. We also silenced the enemy's coast batteries. On the same day our cruisers drove back Russian destroyers in the' Ray of Riga, one being afire. Hostile submarines re. .pentedly attacked us, but all their torpedoes misseu. THE COEIIEN AGROUND. Received August 12, 9.10 pin. London, August 12. Athens reports that the Gnoben has been torpedoed, and is aground in the liosphorus. Received August 1:1, 12.50 a.m. Athens, August 12. The Goeben is unround in a narrow creek alongside the shore. In default of a dry docic, the Turks built a dyke round her, and pumped out the water. There are no details of the damage. ANOTHER LIE DISPROVED. Received August 12, 11.50 p.m. London August 12. The Dutch f'nmpanv states that the Lokal Anzieger's story (hat the British compelled a steamer to ply between Dover and Calais is a fiction! VfSFT TO GRAND FLEET. Received August 12, 11.30 p.m London, August 1-. Mr. Asquith and Mr. MeKcjina have visited the Grand Fleet. Mr. Asquith addressed a portion of the officers and crews, expressing congratulations an 1 confidence.