EXPLOIT OF THE EIF.
ATTACK ON TRANSPORT. LIGHTER BLOWN TO BITS. (Received May 31, 1.5 a.m.) London, May 30. Reuter's Athens correspondent, in a telegram from Dedeagatch, describes the exploit of the British submarine Ell, in entering the Sea of Marmora and penetrating to Constantinople.
While the Turkish transports were embarking troops at the quays adjoining the Tophanes gun factory, the submarine attacked* them. It is presumed the current deflected a torpedo, which struck a lighter, blowing it to atoms and making a hole in the German steamer Stambul, causing her to be beached;! - The submarine's raid . caused a
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15931, 31 May 1915, Page 8
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