THE UNDER-SEA WAR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1014, 16 November 1917, Page 5

THE UNDER-SEA WAR.

LOSSES EASING UP CONSIDER-

ABLY. Austral i&o-Now Zealand Cable A««ooistion. LONDON. Nov. IT, The Admiralty report on the submarine campaign during (lie week gives (he following figures, those of last week’s report being given in narenlheses : Arrivals 2125 (2584) Departures 2307 (2579) Sunk, over 1600 ions .. 1 (8) Sunk, under 1600 tons ... 5 (4) Unsuccessfully attacked ... 8 (6) Fishing vessels sunk 1 (61 ENEMY’S RECORD RESULTS SMALLER THAN EVER. Received November 16. 8.45 a.m, LONDON, Nov. 15. French official: There were 883 arrivals and 859 sailings last week. Two vessels over 1600 tons were sunk and four others u nsueccss fully alta ck cd. SANK BY A SUBMARINE, Australian-New Zealand Cable Association LONDON, Nov. 15. V submarine sank a British destroyer and a small monitor, which wore co-operating with the army in Palestine. Seven are missing from the, destroyer, and twenty-six from the monitor. “OUR MOTTO MUST BE ECONOMY.’’ Received November 16, 11.10 a.m. LONDON. Nov. 15. Mr Archibald Hurd commenting on the record for the week against the submarine points out that the faith reposed in the courage and skill of the navy was justified, but Britain hud lost tonnage amounting to 2i millions, after counting the new construction. Our motto must be to economise. Win l loss telegraphy was first used in war fare by the Russian army in the Manchurian campaign in 1906.