BRITISH DEPRIVE THE ENEMY OF EXPECTED PRIZES.
SEVEN SUBMARINES BLOWN UP. (Ueuter's Telegram.) LONDON, May 16. All the British submarines m the Baltic were blown up before the Germans could get them. The officers and crews are safe. lAustralian and N.Z. Cable Association. | ißeuter's Telegram.) LONDON, May 16. The Admiralty reports : — Seven British submarines which remained, m Russian waters were destroyed by order between April 3 and 8, owing to German naval forces approaching Hango. They had already been dismantled. The Russians retreated after blowing up their four American submarines. The crews of the British submarines were removed to Petrograd. The Russian admiral rejected a proposal to block the harbor by sinking ships at the entrance, but the destruction of the British submarines had an excellent effect m inducing the crews of merchantmen to destroy their vessels, which would otherwise havo fallen into 1 the hand's of the enemy.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14608, 18 May 1918, Page 3
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