A BLACK SEA FIGHT.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1915, Page 5

A BLACK SEA FIGHT.

PLUCKY RUSSIAN' DESTROYERS, Petrograd, Sept. 6. In the Black Sea, early on Sunday, the destroyers Pronsiteiny and Bystry, each carrying three 100 mm. (4in,) guns, met the enemy and, despite the tetter's enormous superiority, the Russians attacked. The fight lasted three hours. The Homidieh was hit frequently and a Cin. gun put out of action. The Russians pursued, firing continuously till the enemy rounded Cape Keeken. They then returned and sunk a collier near Gunguldak. • TURKISH DESTROYER SUNK. Received Sept. 7, 11.25 p.m. Athens, Sept. 7. An Allied submarine sank the Turkish •destroyer Yarhista in the Sea of Marmora, DOINGS OF A SUBMARINE. A SAILOR'S STORY. Received Sept. 7, 5.5 p.m. New York, Sept. 0. List, a sailor boy, son of GermanAmerican parents, Who was aboard a Norwegian steamer when it was submarined, was a prisoner for eleven days aboard the U39. He narrated that the latter chased fourteen ships and sank eleven of them. When its ammunition was exhausted it replenished at Heligoland, where List was discharged. He describes the hurried sinking of the Gadsby. The commander of the submarine said that there must not be a moment's delay, as a destroyer or aeroplane might destroy, the submarine. The utmost caution was observed in sailing to the surface, and the crew were warned that many British freight steamers carried quickfircrs under tarpaulins. ' The. U3'J fired her last torpedo at, and narrowly missed, a, large liner, which was escorted by four destroyers. The submarine was not detected, and flopped below the surface. LIFE IN A STEEL CAN. The captaiu said he was glad he had missed the liner, for the sake of the passengers. He hated to think of them dead, and' of the poor devils swimming about in the water. List described the submarine men as leading "a dog's life in a steel can.'' Thev are without sleep, and always on the brink of death. Officers and men are like cogs in a machine, and not human beings. The submarine officers have an intimate knowledge of and charts of British submarine nets. They simply plunged and passed underneath them, and just as easily ducked under the net sweeps towed by trawlers. FATE OF THE U29. List learned that Captain Wcddigen, commander of the U29, was killed. He chased a British steamer. The latter was challenged, stopped, and hoisted the Spanish flag. She fired a 2.7 gun, sinking the submarine instantly. A SIGNIFICANT COMMENTARY. ON THE BERNSTORFF NOTE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, Sept 6. The Times says that the attack on the Hesperian is significant commentary on Count Bernstorff's Note. The submarine commander did his utmost to involve the passengers and crew in a common catastrophe, and it is certain that the attack will cause great disillusionment at Washington,