Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-09
BLACK SEA WORK
Of turks SHOWN
Russian Statements Given
Out in Refutation of Re-
ported Disasters.

admiralty has made statement re-
garding the recent events in the
Black sea with the purpose Of estab-
fishing the falsity of the Turkish
claim that the hostilities there were
begun by the Russians. The sub
stance of the statement follows:
ION the evening of october 2S. the
Black sea fleet, after a cruise. re-
entered the roads Of sebastopol with
out having sighted Turkish ships any
where. On october 20. at o'clock
in the morning, the commander Of the
fleet received word from Odessa that
at o'clock that morning two Tur-
kish torpedo boats with red and
green lights. flying the Russian flag.
entered the port of Odessa.
Turkish torpedo boats were in Rus
sian garb the gunboat Kubanets.
which was on the lookout, having re-
ceived no reply to the stipulated sig
nal, Immediately opened fire. The
other gunboat in the roads, the
Donets, did not even have time to
fire, but was sunk by the first Turkish
torpedo: .!ps,, 49,. x,o.o .,o
Turkish torpedo boats swiftly took
flight losing one smoke stack. and by
their fire infictins Insignificant dam
age upon the kubanets and near by
merchant vessels and upon a naphtha
tank. 49,
Odessa, the commander of the fleet
informed the coast that batteries at
sebastopol of the presence of Turkish
ships in the Black sea and ordered
| trawlers sent to take precautionary
measures against the enemy's tor
pedoes.
Toward o'clock in the morning
! in fog the cruiser Goeben approach
ed Sebastopol and began lombard
! ment. The coast batteries Of the
Russian forts replied vigorously. The
Goeben's fire caused no damage in
the roadsted. Several shells fell HARM
iessly in the city, but one struck the
| oil depot, another a railroad and
third, the naval hospital killing two
patients and wounding eight.
"At the same time the torpedo
boat f1otilla commanded by Captain
Prince Troubetskoy, attacked the
Goeben. but the enemy's hot fire pre-
vented it from prolonging the attack.
Druing the engagement the Russian
| torpedo boat Pushtchin made much
water and also was set afire. The
Goeben's fire lasted twenty minutes
after which the cruiser withdrew.
"steaming from sebastopoL the
Goeben sighted the Russian transport
Prut, which was returning, and called
for her to surrender. The transport,
having no artillery, hoisted her mill
tary colors, and. steering for the
| shore, the commander ordered the
magazine opened to sink her.
I'm preparing the second dynamite
ished heroically. The others OF the
crew of the Prut saved themselves
with small boats, life belts, mattress
es and bits of wreckage, and were
later picked up. After this the bulk
OF the Black sea fleet set out III pur-
suit Of the enemy. who avoided a
! fight and took refuge at their base
in the Bosphorus.
"Our losses on the Prut were two
officers. a chaplain. rs sailors, on the
torpedo boat Pushtchin seven sailors
killed and as many wounded, on the
Donets a surgeon killed.
"The fact is esta ablished that the
Turkish plan contemplated, stimuli
taneously with the attacks on Sebas-
of other points on our coast. The
cruiser Breslau bombarded Theo-
dosia and the Turkish cruiser Hami-
dich bombarded Novorossysk|'
servian Victory.
Paris, Nov. "a Havas agency
dispatch from Nish, Servia, says:
1.-THE enemy made Vigorous attack
on the night Of November 4, against
our positions southeast and south of
Shabats but q counter attack put the
Austrians to fight after inf1icting
heavy losses. They left 500 dead and
200 wounded on the field.
During the same night the Aus
TRANS attacked our positions at Bo-
raga and Goutchevo but were re-
pulsed. On November they again
attacked these latter positions but
were repulsed with heavy casualties" :"
| German Casualties.
Berlin, via The Hague and London,
Nov. 9.-The German casualty list is
sued yesterday brought the total num-
ber Of names contained in last weeks
report up to about $500. Hospital
records show very large proportion
of the wounded have returned to duty.
The last casualty list records the
killing. of three German aviators and
the wounding Of SIX others by hostile
were Aviator Bowles, killed at st.
Erme, France. October IL, and Lieu
4 tenants Won Kleyst and Menzel, who
had been listed az missing since their
flight to Amiens. October &.
Cruiser Is Intefned.
! Washington, Nov. s.-The little
German cruiser Ceier, which has been
repairing at Honolulu while Japan
Dor for her to ireappear on the high
/ CO., internedi for the war at Homo
lulu last. midnight, tho time set by
j the American KOvernmOnt for her to