THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 June 1917, Page 5

THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

JAPANESE DESTROYERS AT i WORK. i I ATTACK ON SUBMARINES. A. and IT3. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. Reecived June 17, 11.5 p.m. London, June 17. I A Japanese naval attache communicates the fact that one of the Japanese destroyer flotillas on June 11 engaged enemy submarines in the Mediterranean. The result is unknown. The Sakaki, which was damaged 'by an enemy torpedo, was towed safely to port. Fifty- | five of the crew were lost. The British Admiralty States that the Sakaki gallantly aided in the rescues from the torpedoed Transylvania, winning everybody's admiration. ARMOURED CRUISER LOST. London, June 15. The Admiralty armed merchant cruiser Avenger was torpedoed in the North Sea and subsequently sank. One man was killed by the explosion; the others were saved. Times Service. Received June 17, 6.5 p.m. London, June 16. The Avenger is the latest Union S.S.. Company's ljner of 15,000 tons. She is a turbine vessel, and was orginally named the Te Aroha, being intended for passengers and mails in the VancouverNeiv Zealand service. The Admiralty requisitioned her before completion. BREMEN'S LOSS ADMITTED. The Hague, June 15. The Neueste Nachrichten, a Berlin paper, says that the Kiel authorities at last admit that the commercial submarine Bremen was lofet. It points out that a large parcel of American securities were on board and the owners are now demanding duplicates. NORWEGIAN SHIPS SUNK. Copenhagen, June 15. r The Norwegian sailing vessels Candace and Sylvia and the steamers Sirrun and Vinaes have been submarined. A portion of the Vinaes' crew were lost. The sailer" Vavmet was .driven ashore damaged by gunfire. A body was found in the cabin; the rest of the crew are missing. , ,<; FRENCH VICTIMS. j Paris, June 15, During the jveek ending on the 10th the arrivals were 10$t. and the departures 1015, four steamers above 1600 tons and one under 1-000 tons and three fishing boats were sunk. Six steamers were unsuccessfully attacked. * HUN BRUTALITY. • London, June 15. The two latest authenticated cases re-illustrate the utter brutality of German submarine methods. The steamship Kariba was sunk ■without warning 230 miles from land on . April 13. Ten of the crew were eventually picked up and sent to hospital In a precarious condition, after twelve days in a boat, during a week of which they were without food. Two of the survivors have since died. Another boat containing 21 of the crew is not yet aceoiinted for, and it is feared it is lost. The steamer Caithness was torpedoed without warning 240 miles from land on April 17. The ship sank in a few minutes aad all on board were flung into the water. The master and 29 of the crew were drowned. The remainder clambered into a boat and drifted without food for sixteen days, when only two out of the twenty survived. They ' were eventually picked up in a terrible condition, one survivor losing H:s foot, besides suffering other serious injuries. SUBMARINES IN NORTH SEA. Copenhagen, June 15. A steamer reports observing a large number of German submarines disguised as fishing boats guarding the danger zone in the North Sea. FRENCH STEAMER SUNK. ' Reuter Service. Received June 17, 5.5 p.m. The French steamer Sequana was torpedoed in the Atlantic. She had 050 aboard, whereof 190 are missing. FRENCH TRANSPORT SUNK. Received June 17, 5.5 p.m. Paris, June M. The transport Annam, 6000 tons, was torpedoed and sunk in the lonian Sea on June 11, 'while being escorted. There were no casualties.