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Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1915, Page 3

liar circumstances off Crete. The Bourulos, two days out from Athens, picked up two boatloads of English sailors. The ship being in need of boats, these two were hauled on deck. Shortly afterwards, against the rays of the setting sun, the gleam of the back of a submarine could be seen three miles to the west. The submarine came alongside, having signalled the steamer to stop. In anticipation of the usual order the boats were lowered, but owing to rush for them a disaster occurred, and many persons were thrown in the water. The British sailors, who had just been rescued, made heroic efforts to save the drowning passengers, but many lost their lives. The commander of the submarine went on board, reassured the passengers, and sent the vessel on her journey. Recently a submarine base was discovered and destroyed by a patrol of warships whose beat is along the coasts of Asia Minor and Egypt. The troops have come to regard the dangers of war as commencing in Egypt, intsead of Gallipoli, and are undisturbed by the sinister presence in these waters of enemy submarines. The fleet operating off the Dardanelles and the Bulgarian coast is well protected by a screen of destroyers and trawlers. Moreover, the warships of the monitor class, which are armed with, 14in guns, are almost invulnerable under water owing to their hollow sides. Besides, there are cruisers of the Allied fleets built on a similar pattern, though drawing a greater depth of water. The monitors possess an enormous advantage in being able to go close in to the coast and remain immune from torpedoes. So.mc splendid shooting lias been done by three ships, which have been particularly active on the right flank of the Anzac position and in the direction of Maidos. Jt would appear now, however, that the whole of the French and British fleets have left Mndros harb'or, and they could be seen from Anzac firing along the Bulgarian coast—visible late in the afternoons, a faint blue line of hills marking the •ports of Enos, Dcdeagateh and Kavala,

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