ON TE H SEA.
SINKING OF THE CONVOY. i HUNS' MURDEROUS TACTICS.
London, Nov. 4. The Norwegian newspaper Tidens Tcgn, giving details of the sinking of the convoy in the North Sea on .October 17, says the German cruisers and torpedoers, advancing down each side, swept the convoy with all their guns at a range of less than 200 yards. Not content with sinking the ships they shelled the lifeboats, every living thing coming in their way being mercilessly slaughtered. The survivors owed their lives to the rough sea making the boats a difficult mark.
, After disposing of the British torpedoera the Germans cruised backwards and forwards along the sinking vessels, pouring in a. fresh rain of shells at 100 yards range. A NAVAL PUZZLE. \ London, Not. 4. The newspapers arc pitwlcd by the electrically-controlled German boat which the patrols sank on the Belgium coast. Naval writers suggest that it was controlled by wireless waves from the shore or aircraft. Electrical engineers are sceptical as the Admiralty's statement is not explicit.
WORK OP BRITISH SUBMARINE. Copenhagen, Nov. 4. The survivors of the German auxiliary cruiser, who have been landed at tlelsingborg, declare that their boat, which was disguised as a. merchantman, was sunk by gunfire from a solitary British submarine. The latter them signalled of the trawlers to abandon their ships When the crews were safe in lifeboats the submarine sank all the trawlers by gunfire. THE FINLAND DOSSES. Washington, Not. 4. Eight men are dead and one missing from the transport Finland, which was torpedoed while on the way to America.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 1917, Page 5
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262ON THE SEA. Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 1917, Page 5
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