ON THE SEAS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13655, 24 August 1916, Page 3

ON THE SEAS.

| GERMAN BATTLESHIP SUNK. REPORTED SCORE BY BRITISH SUBMARINE. The High Commissioner reports:— LONDON, August 22. Submarine E23 twice torpedoed • a German battleship of the 1 Nassau class, which is believed to have been sunk. [The Nassau, class are.battleships of LyOO tons, carrying twelve 11-inch and twelve 6-inch guns.] ADMIRALTY ANNOUNCEMENT. • COMMANDER CLAIMB TWO HITS.' (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, August 22. The Admiralty reports that the commander, of. submarine E23 states that while a German warship of the Nassau class was being escorted damaged' to harbour by five (lesia'oyers lie again torpedoed her. GERMAN OFFICIAL, FABRICATIONS -AND. A. SPICE OF TRUTH. ..'■•■ (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received August-23, at' 9.45 p.m. • '« AMSTERDAM,'August- 24. ' • The German Admiralty communique says: •■ On Saturday .our submarines observed five small English cruisers and two destroyed flotillas, followed by six battle cruisers. Our submarine hit and sank a four-funnelled destroyer' of the Mohawk : type. Our submarine twice torpedoed a cruiser of the Chatham type, but owing to protection was unable to repeat- the attack for two hours. When the submarine submerged, to avoid a destroyer attempting to' ram her, another submarine sank the damaged cruiser, The British Admiralty comments: "No destroyer was touched." GERMAN FLEET'S EXCURSION, DESCRIBED BY DUTCH SEAMEN, ANOTHER GERMAN "VICTORY." (Australian and N.Z. Cable.Association.) LONDON, August 22.' , The Rotterdam correspondent of The Daily Telegraph states that the German. High Sea Fleet won another-great victory,, perhaps., even greater than,that gained oil Jutland, because it completely succeeded in avoiding an encounter '.with'the'British'forces'. But."they can'-' not claim- another victory, because scores of Dutch'skippers saw what happened. These,trained sailors witnessed all the movements of the 'German squad- . rons, and their reports prove conclusively that 'theft is'oi'uy one fact of import-, a'nee, viz,, on the first news of the British Fleet's appearance the Germans turned tail and went full; speed for' home. The skippers say that they sighted' : the 'German Fleet, numbering at least sixty'vcssels of all descriptions, at nine o'clock in the morning, guided carefully by three Zeppelins. They saw the same fleet at six o'clock in the evening, with their attendant airships, steaming furiously eastward. ' What happened in the meantime is clear from the reports of other Dutch captains, who saw at' least one British squadron .at five o'clock in the afternoon much further south than the "Germans'position at six o'clock,'' 'Th'ij-British were then heading north towards the enemy, The-Dutch also saw three Zeppelins coming from the north, which, after they spotted the British, immediately returned towards the German armada. Half-an hour later the "High Canal'-' fleet was madly retreating basewards, and no. more was seen of the- German warships in the North Sea, but the Dutch saw British squadrons scouring the seas many hours later. .'

PRJZr.COTJIIT-A-WARDS; 'i .'■ HISTORK' EN-COUNTEBS ■ ' I?EY JEWED. • ; ■ ("Reuters Telegram?.") LONDON, August 22. . The Prize Court, has-awarded £IOOS to the Alcautai'a'and the Andes for dfi- | stroking the raider Greif; f 1-110 to the ElO for sinking the light cruiser Udine in the Baltic, and £12,1(10 to the war- | ships that sank the Seharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Nurnburg in the Falkland Islands battle. ..-"•■ ' LONDON; August 22. i -; The 'Coilrt awarded' the officers and' crew of H.M.A.S. Sydney £1985, .for sinking the Emden. " ' GERMAN-TREACHERY. AMERICAN VESSEL ATTACKED. (Australian and N.Z, Onhle Association.) WASHINGTON, August 22, Despite-Mr Lansing's efforts to inain-l tain secrecy, it now appears that a Gorman or Austrian submarine fired ten times at the American steamer Oswego, in the Mediterranean, There were many Americans aboard, and the vessel narrowly escaped. Mr Lansing sent a secret Note to Berlin, which has replied that the officials know • nothing of any such attack. It is-not believed'that further action will be taken.. ••• • . '■• , . GERMANY'S GUARDED REPORT. SUBMARINE DAMAGED. (Australian ami N.Z. Calilc Association). AMSTERDAM, August 22. A German communique 'admits that a submarine was rammed after destroying a small British cruiser, but. the submarine reached port safely. Whether any submarine was sunk is uncertain until all the submarine reports are received,