Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-03
Majestic Is the Sixth Capt.
Ship Lost by Allies in
lrdanelles-Many Men Are
we'd.
STRUCK BY SUBMARINE
mer Princess Irene Is De.
+oyed by Explosion while at
kchOr at Sheerness-All Her
ew Except One Man Lost,
3 in All.

lon. May 27.-The British battle
Ia jestic, another Of the ships sup
/ the allied army on the Gallipoli
ula, was torpedoed and sunk by
r1nan submarine this afternoon.
all the officers and crew were
bout the same time the steamer
IS Irene, which was built last year
Canadian Pacific British Column
by the British admiralty at the
fncement Of the war. was destroyed
explosion while at anchor at
hess, where she was undergoing re-
All her crew, numbering about
kcept one seaman. and. besides. Is
8 who were abroad at the time,
beir lives.
Majestic, the oldest battleship on
,tive list Of the British navy, is
Eth capital ship lost by the allies
the beginning of the operations
the Dardanelles, and the second
has fallen a victim to German
rines which recently arrived in
waters.
submarine menace is a growing
bth in the Aegean sea and home
and these vessels promise to take
I've part in the operations in the
waters of the Adriatic, where.
Cl ,,lC a E
God shelter.
e the warships are able to escape
in the waters around the British
With the increase in their numbers,
rrying on Of sea borne trade be-
more and more hazardous. The
lily still believes that the American
Pr Nebraskan was torpedoed and
lition, the British steamer Nor
bound for Canada and the Danish
fr Betty have been sunk by sub
Is. Only a few days ago the COM
IF of submarine informed a Dan
plain that he had no orders to sink
vessels.
PRZEMYAL SURROUNDED.
hst the activities on land and
the air, from the Dardanelles
waters around the British Isles
Galicia remains the scene of
eatest and most important fight
There the Austrians and Ger
continue to batter at the Rus
neS TO the northeast and south
L Przemysl and, according to re-
which have not been confirmed
fficial statements, they have
d communications between the
Austrian fortress and Lem
hese reports are true, Przemysl,
less than three months ago was
by the Russians after long
is again surrounded. 1t would
however. that while the leu
hllies are pressing very hard on
rtress they have not yet forged
role, the completion Of which Is
stubbornly opposed by the Rus
Germans have forced another
w of the San river eleven miles
of Przemysl and have extended by
miles the zone held by them east
San. To the southeast they claim
have broken the Russian lines
have taken some important posi-
lite all these claims Petrograd an
es with the greatest optimism and
that the Russian reinforcements
able to stem the Austro-Cierman
light.
he west the French and British re-
further advances, which are gen
denied by the Germans. The
who themselves have made an
air raid on South End, make nc
nee to the French statement tina,
I'm French airmen flew over Lud
hfen, and. dropping bombs, set fire
chemical works, which had beer
I'D in manufacturing operations fol
|rnan war office since the outbreak
war.
allies report continued progress OF
|perations against the Turks on the
Pill peninsula. During the armistict
the Turks asked for they buried
more than 1900 dead, while the
h rifles-proof that the Turkish
have been extremely heavy
losses Were sustained in terrific
attacks delivered against the POI
which the allies had strongly fOrti.