TURKISH BATTLESHIP TORPEDOED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2537, 11 August 1915, Page 5

TURKISH BATTLESHIP TORPEDOED

IN SEA OF MARMORA MAJORITY OF THE GREW SAVED Tho High' Commissioner reports London, August 9, 6.30 p.m. "Tho Turkish battleship Hairredin Barbarosse has been sunk by a submarine." By Telegraph—Press Association—CopjTijrht. London, August 9. .A Turkish official message statesAn enemy submarine sunk the battleship Hairredin Barbarosse this morning. The majority of the crew was saved." Amsterdam, August 9. Official from Berlin: "A submarine in the Sea of Marmora sank the Turkish cruiser Hairredin Barbarosse, formerly the Kurfurst Friedrich Willielm. FIGHTING AT SEDDUIi BAHR, ■ _ Amsterdam, 'August 9. A Constantinople communique states: "In the fighting at Seddul Bahr wo captured sixty Englishmen, including a' major and two lieutenants." BRITISH GENERAL OFFICER INCAPACITATED. . Paris, August 9... General Hunter Weston has been compelled to relinquish his command in. tho Dardanelles owing to illness. ' , ■ ■ General Bailloud, Acting French Commander, has issued an order expressing gratitude to the British Army Corps and expressing the hope that .General 1 Weston would soon return to 'help in the completion of'their joint'task.

NEW MENACE ON SERBIAN FRONTIER BIG AUSTRO-GERMAN .CONCENTRATION. (Rec. August 10, 8.40. p.m.) Rome, August 10. A' message from Salonika states that the Austro-Germans are; concentrating.a new army on the Serbian frontier. It is estimated that one hundred thousand troops are already massed near Orsowa. Some fear is entertained that the Germans are planning to traverse Serbia and Bulgaria to relieve the Turks. FOUR MILLIONS FOR RUMANIAN ARMY (Rec. 'August 10, 10.45 p.m.) London, Aiigfust 10. The Paris journal, "Petit Parisien," 6tates that the Rumanian Cabinet has approved an extraordinary credit of four million sterling for military purposes. The Rumanian Minister at Paris has been called home for a consultation.