THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.
VALUE OF ARMED MERCHANTMEN. ■ London, June 5. The armed American merchantman Mongolia arrived to-day. It is believed she sank a submarine during her voyage. A number of U-boats attacked the Mongolia, which opened fire on them. A British destroyer aided the merchantman in beating off the enemy. FRENCH LINER TORPEDOED. Received June 6, 8 p.m. Paris, June 6. The Messageries Maritimes steamer Yarra was torpedoed and sunk on May 69, in the eastern Mediterranean. Of the 090 aboard! 56 are missing. (RIGHTING THE SUBMARINES. Received June 0, 8 p.m. Paris, June 6. Official returns for May show that there were twelve engagements between French patrol boats and submarines, fourteen hetween seaplanes and submarines, and three 'between the coast defences and submarines.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19170607.2.34
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1917, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
124THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1917, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in