SUBMARINE WAR PROCEEDING IN NORTH SEA.
GERMANS ATTACK TRAWLER AND SHELL THE CREW. BRITISH VESSELS REPORTED IN HELIGOLAND BIGHT. London, April 22. A German submarine shelled the trawler Envoy off the East Coast on Wednesday. The crew took to the boat", but were again shelled. They were picked up by another trawler after two hours. The me a were uninjured. The Envoy's fate is not known. It is officially stated in Berlin that British submarines have been repeatedly observed in Heligoland Bight. The reports assert (hat the German forces attacked and sank one submarine, and probably others. Replying to Lord Charles Beresford in the House oi Commons, the Hon. Neil Primroso said that Britain had informed the United States that she was willing to allow Germany to inspect the treatment of German submarine officers and crews if similar facilities v. ere granted to a British representative.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15900, 24 April 1915, Page 7
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