The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-10-22
JAPAN LOSES 4
BIG CRUISER BY
GERMAN MINE
THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY.
co. FOUR MEN DROWNED.
FOUR GERMAN BOATS ARE SUNK
British Cruiser "undaunted" Wins .
Signal Victory. Steamer Garry.
ing an American Flag Is
Made a Prize.

Toxic, Oct. 10. - The Japanese
cruiser Takachiho has been sunk by
striking a German mine while patrol
ling the coast OFF the harbor entrance
of Kiao-Chau, the German concession
in China. Three hundred and forty.
four of the crew were lost with the
cruiser, only IS survivors being res,
cued by warsbips which went to her
rescue.
No Details are Given.
No details of the disaster, the first
of any consequence to the Japanese
navy in the present war, have been
received. The cruiser was of the old
type, had a speed of 8k knots an
hour, and was armed with eight six.
inch, two six Founders, II machine
guns and four torpedo tubes.
Other Ships Hit by Mines. -,
London, Oct. 19.-The steam traw.
Ter Ajax, out of Grimbsby, has been
blown up in the North Sea by Ger.
man mine. Nine members of the crew
lost their lives. -1as --n
The Holland American liner Moor.
dam struck a mine in the English
Channel Seven persons were injur.
Four German Boats DESTROYED.
London, Oct. 1s.-Four German tor.
pedo boat destroyers were sunk of
the Dutch coast by ships from the
British feet. a-l pa
The names of the Inflated craft are
not known.
The German crews, totaling about
four hundred men, with the exception
of 81, made prisoners Of war, were
lost the war press bureau announces.
The British loss was only one ofacer
and four men slightly wounded. ~
The damage to the British craft was
slight. 3D.. '.... 90
Avenses Loss Of Amphlon. \" :
- The light cruiser Undauntsd, COM
manded by Capt. Cecil H. Fox, who
was in charge Of the cruiser Amphion,
which after sinking the German ar
mored cruiser Koenigin Luise. was it.
self destroyed by a German mine on
August &c. won the signal victory and
avenged himself for the catastrophe
which overlook him in the North sea.
Captain Fox had as q convoy during
his raid on the German ships the tor
pedo-boat destroyers Lance, LennonN,
Legion and Loyal
Naval Score About Even.
The score in naval operations, with
out counting converted merchantmen,
such as the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
and the Cap Trafalgar, now favors the
allies, which have sunk six German
and one Austrian cruisers and seven
German torpedo-hoat destroyers, while
there have been unconnrmed reports
of the sinking of several Austrian de-
stroyers in the AdFiatic sea.
The Germans have sunk nine British
and one Russian cruisers, while Aus
tralia has lost Submarine by acct
dent.
The Russians also claim to have
sunk two German submarines, but this
the Germans deny.
Cruiser and lie Convoy.
The British cruiser Undaunted,
which won the victory, Is q vessel OF
$500 tons and carries two six.inch and
six four-inch guns.
The destroyers that accompanied the
cruiser have each an armament OF
three feur-inch guns and an equipment
Of four 21-inch torpedo tubes in pairs
The destroyers are $50 feet in length
and have q speed OF 20 knots an hour
They each carry 100 men.
The steam trawler Ajax, out OF
Grimsby. has been blown up in the
North sea by a German mine Nine
members OF the crew lost their lives
French Sink Austrian ship7
Rome, Oct. 19.-Reports received
here from Ancona say that the French
feet operating in the Mediterranean
has sunk another Austrian destroyer
The report IL not oficially confirmed.
OFFICIAL German Figures Of Loss.
Berlin, by way of the Hague, Oct
l9.--It was officially admitted today
that 1893 men, including practically al
the officers, were lost when the Brit
ish cruiser Undaunted and four Brit
ISL destroyers sank four German des
troyers on the Dutch coast. The
German destroyers were all built ant
put in commission in 1902. Eact
was 81 feet long, with a displacement
of 432 tons, and each carried thret
four-pounders and two machine guns
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