INCIDENT IN DUTCH WATERS
BIUTrSJI SUBMARINE'S ATTACK ON GERMAN SHIPS. London, July 31. An official report from The Hague states Unit a British submarine shelled the German steamers Balavior II and Zoloeuw oil' Toxcl, outsido territorial waters. The vessels (led into Dutch waters, and the German crows abandoned them, whereupon tlio submarino onteTed Dutch waters and placed aciw aboard llio Balavior JI, which navigated the Zeleouw into the open .ski. When a .Dutch torpedo boat arrived, the current had driven tlio vessels into Dutch waters again. The prize crew •abandoned the Balavior 11, and tlio submarine disappeared directly tlio torpedo tout displayed a signal to respect Dutch neutrality.-Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [The Admiralty reported that a British submarine in tho North Sea on I'i'iday captured the German steamer Batavior 11. The crew abandoned (he ihip, anri a prizo crow went alioard, but owing >.o the damage duo to tlio submnnnos gunfire it was impossible to bring her 1", and slio was scuttled."]
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3152, 2 August 1917, Page 7
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161INCIDENT IN DUTCH WATERS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3152, 2 August 1917, Page 7
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