On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 42, 6 October 1914, Page 5

On the Sea

CATTARO BOMBARDMENT. DESTRUCTION OF FORTRESS BY FRENCH FLEET. United Press Association. (Received 9.55 a.m.) ! J aris, October 5. * A telegram from Rome states that the French fleet destroyed Lustica, an outer fortress of Cattaro. SUBMARINE BUILDING. FIFTY IN THE BUILDING AND MORE TO FOLLOW. Times and Stdnby Sun Services, (Received 8,0 a.m.) London, October 5. Feverish energy is being displayed in the German docks, fifty submarines being in process of building, while more are projected. MINE-LAYING ONLY PARTIALLY EFFECTIVE. London, October 5. Commenting on mine-laying, The Times’ naval correspondent says:— “It does not in the least prevent our fleets making periodical swoops through the North Sea, or appearing in Heligoland Bight. While the theatre of war is limited, there is still a large portion in which the fleets can operate. The German submarines cannot see under the water, and their activities should he considerably curtailed by the mines.” BODIES OF BRITISH WASHED ASHORE. Antwerp, October 4. Twenty-eight bodies have been picked up on the Dutch coast, supposed to belong to the crews of the sunken British cruisers. DUTCH STEAMER SUNK. • Amsterdam, October 5. A mine sunk the Dutch steamer Nieuwland in the North Sea. The crew was saved.