The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-17
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VALPARAISO, Chile, March 17.-ln
tho first detailed story Of the naval
battle of Robinson crusoe's Island,
Lieutenant Commander Fielding Of the
British auxiliary cruiser Drama to-
day denied that the German cruiser
Dresden had been sunk In neutral
waters.
"The Dresden was about twelve
miles off the point Of Juan Fernandez
island when we sighted her." said
Fielding. 1--WE at once gave chase,
the cruiser Glasgow leading, the Ken
close behind, and the Drama traiiir
slightly In the rear.
"The Glasgow closed In to . p
range and opened fire. She fired s. :
eral shots before the Dresden's 1s
got in action. All the time Il aer-
man was running in toward th~- ,ast.
"The Kent swung in to head her off.
Before the Kent opened up on her, the
Dresden's upper works were afire and
u was plainly seen that her raiding
days were over. The Kent had frsd
less than half dozen shells when
were ordered to stand by and take OH
the crew. Within . few minutes
flames reached her magazine, there
was terrific explosion and the
cruiser went down.
"The story that she was sunk in
Chilean waters 10 nonsense. That can
be disproven by locating her hulk
German wounded from the Dresden.
who were brought here, praised the
English ship commanders for thei"
work Of rescue, but asserted positive
Ely that the cruiser was sent to this
bottom within less than half mile
Of the Island. They said the Dresden
was at anchor when she was fired on
and that her crew were ordered to take
to the boats.
TWO MORE SUNK.
LONDON, March 1.-Two more
British steamers have been torpedoed
by German submarines, the admiralty
announced today. The steamer Alta
.iarta was torHedoed off Inishturk and
the FingaI off Northumberland.
The Atalanta was torpedoed on Sun
day, the admiralty announced, but
managed to reach port. The FingaI
went Is the bottom and the six mem
hers Of her crew were drowned.
Six 0ritish1 steamers named tho Ata-
ianta are listed In Lloyds' registry
All are small vessels Of less than 600
toms
4 SUBMARINE ciRcLED IRELAND.
ley Ed 1. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent.
LONDON, March 1.-THE prowess
Of Germany's new secretiy designed
submarines was demonstrated in strik-
Ing fashion today. The admiralty an
nounced that an 'unter see boote" un,
doubtedly Of the U-2e type had cir
cied ireland and torpedoed the GIas-
gov steamer AtaIanta, of lnishturk,
on the west coast of County Galway.
At the same time II was announced
that the Loith steamer FingaI had
been torpedced in the North sea, with
4 loss Of six mon. Twenty-one othe'
members Of the Fingai's crew were
rescued.
To perform its surprising feat off
the west coast Of Ireland, the German
raider must have had a cruising radius
Of at least 5000 miles. The admiralty
does not accept the theory that the
Germans have submarine base near
the British coast. This tends to con-
firm rumors at the outbreak Of the
war that Germany's newest submarines
were equipped to dash across the Al
Iantc II ordered, to attack British
shipping.
ATTACK FROM ABOVE.
SOUTH SHIELDS. England, March
1.-THE steame. Blonde, arriving in
the Tyne today, reported that she
was attacked by German taube and
that one member Of her crew was
killed.