SUBMARINES AND SHIPPING
A SCHOONER'S FIGHT. THREE U BOATS DRIVEN OFF. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. LONDON, September 24. A British schooner put ug a remarkable fight for four hours and a-half with a German submarine flotilla. The first submarine attacked at 9 o'clock. Tlie schooner immediately opened fire, and hit the submarine with the first shot. The enemy submerged. An hour later a second submarine attacked. The schooner hit this submarine twice and drove it off. Finally a third submarine appeared at noon. One of the schooner's shots struck the submarine's gun and killed a seaman. The submarine fled. SPAIN AND GERMANY. CONSIDERING AN OFFER. PARIS, September 24. (Received Sept. 25, at 9.15 p.m.) It is understood that Spain is considering the German offer to give Spain seven 'interned vessels as compensation, and also not to sink Spanish vessels on condition that they engage in purely Spanish trade.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17430, 26 September 1918, Page 5
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