ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1918, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

COMMERCE RAIDER. CAPTURICD J\" PAt'lFlU. Vancouver, March 02. A German commerce raider lias been (aj)tuved in the Pacific. A P.rilish warship is towing her into a Pacific port. 'London, .March 22. Many petitions are being circulated in provincial (owns asking the Government to place German prisoners on British ships. ( RAIDER WELL ARMED. PLOT TO CAPTURE A ■LARGER VESSEL. Received March 24, 5.30 p.m. Vancouver, March 23. Jhe auxiliary schooner Alexander Agassiz, which was seized oil Mazatlan, Mexico, was fitted out as a German raider. She fell in with American gunboats. The Agassi;: flew the German flag and carried a small crew, but was well armed. The plot was obviously to capture a larger vessel and fit her out with heavy guns that had been hidden along the coast, and thence to pray on Pacific shipping. A COLLISION. Washington, March 22. The United States destroyer Manley collided with a British warship. Both were damaged as a result of the explosion of a depth charge. Four Americans were killed and ten injured. THE TORPEDOED UNION STEAMER. 1 Duncdin, March 23. .Regarding the Union Company's steamer torpedoed in the Mediterranean, the head office reports that there were about fifty men on the ship, many of them belonging tp New Zealand.' and that in order to set at rest the mind of relatives all have been communicated with direct. The company is sending an assurance of safety in each case. Some of these messages have had to be addressed to Australia, others to the United Kingdom, and the remainder to relatives in New Zealand. Persons who have not received these messages may take it for granted that the men whom they were anxious about were not on the steamer when she went down. SINKING OF GERMAN DESTROYERS. London, March 22. French official: A division of FrancoBritish destroyers fought a detachment of German torpedoers in the North Sea at 4.45 in the morning, sinking two. Shortly afterwards the same division fought a second action with five large destroyers, which had previously bombarded 'Dunkirk. One German destroyer was sunk, and two others probably lost. We captured some prisoners. Tt appears U'at three flotillas were ordered to bombard Dunkirk, La Panna and Brayduns. ALLIES' LOSSES. Washington, March 21. The British Embassy has announced that since the war began the Allies' tonnage loss has totalled 11,827,572 tons, and that built totals 0,fi0G,127 tons.