(PREES ASSOCIATION.) FRENCH WARSHIP SHELLS A SUBMARINE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 56, 8 March 1915, Page 7

(PREES ASSOCIATION.) FRENCH WARSHIP SHELLS A SUBMARINE.

LONDON, 6th March. Official: — "A French warship shelled and three times hit a German submarine in the Channel. The submarine disappeared." LINER DAMAGED BY TORPEDO. " LONDON, 6th March. The Holland- Amerika Company's Noor- ' derdijk (7166 tons), bound from America, is returning to Rotterdam, badly damaged. ' It is believed that she was torpedoed in the .Channel. i» . (Received March 8, 10 a.m.) ROTTERDAM. 7th March. The steamer. Noorderrijk has returned ■with her engines damaged. ATTACK ON HOSPITAL SHIP. WASHINGTON, 7th March. Count yon Bernstorff has issued an explanation of the attack on the hospital ship Asturias He says the German Government is sorry to admit the attack ; but, as tho distinctive marks showing the ship's character were not illuminated, the submarine's captain mistook her for a transport. The moment the vessel was recognised, the attacks ceased. Germany has asked the United States to manage its diplomatic affairs. GERMAN REGRET. (Received March 8, 9 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 7th March. The German Embassy has issued a statement to the effect that it regrets the attempt to torpedo the steamer A6-turia-P, which was mistaken for a transport.. THE STRAIN ON SUBMARINE CREWS. COPENHAGEN. 7th March. German Admirals state that the 6train on the submarine crews is so great that it will be some weeks before fresh attempts are made.