Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-08-25
Late War News
What Is Doing Across the Sea in ths Way
Of Destroying Ms0 and Property

Wnat Is u0ihg ACROSS Inc sea 10 tns va
Of Destroying MsD and Property
Aug. 2O.-Fourteen steamers
with a total gross tonnage Of At,
608 have teen sunk in the last Il
hours by German submarines
This toll, which establishes a re
cord for 90 short a period wa
mere than twice as htavy as tina
levied by underwater craft i'll th'
preceding week. Three ether yes
sells reported torpsdoed may ado
another 20 965 tons to the aggre-
gate destroyed in the past two
days So far as known there has
been no loss of life, xoept in the
sinking of the White Star Liner
Arabic.
The recrudnsscene Of submarine
activity began on August IL and
in the week ending August Is, the
British Admiralty reports oficl'
ally, 18 vessels of total tonnage
of 20, $40 we're sunk, IL of them
by underwater craft AID two by
mines. This makes a to tai known
loss of 7O,665 tons Ct shipping III
nine days.
Ten of these Vessels sunk in the
past two days were British. three
Norwegian and one Spanish. The
total tonnage known to have been
lost Friday was 26 674 and Thurs
day 1t was 2l,024. TIE largestves
sci whose loss has been confirm
ed was the Arabic of 15, 801 tons.
Reports that the Lap!and of II GAO
t ns, and the Nicosian 6,329 tons,
have been sunk have not been
verified. The fate of the Duns-
Icy, reported torpedoed just be-
fore the Arabic. was sunk has not
been definitely determined. The
British Press Associations has
denied the reported loss of the
Bovio of 6,5G0 tons.
Underwater craft torpedoed on
Friday the British steamer Re-
stormel. Baron Eslkine, City of
New York, Samara, Gladiator,
Blttern and the Bon Brachie, with
q total of 22,7z9 tons. The Nor.
wsgian steamer Sverresborg and
Bras and the Spanish steamer
Psris Castillo also were sunk,
making a grand total OF 26,674
tons.
The vessels sunk Thursday we're
the Arabic, 15, ,801 tons; the Grod-
no, .955 tons; she Seroiuo, 2,205
tons and the Magda, 1903 tons, II
tosal of 21,024 All these we're of
British registry except the Magda,
Norwegian.
Another incident of the day up.
on whi:h was written a tragic
chapter of sea hIsso y was the loss
of q British submarine III the
Sound with Is members of he1
crew L3ndon claims the boat
ran aground while Bsrlin asserts
it was "destroyed."
Except for another serious re
verse for Russian arms there were
no striking developmedt. Ill the
days military operations. Bsrlln
reported the fall of the fortress of
Novogeorgievsk where the Musco.
vi on made their last stand in Po
land, with the loss Of 5000 pris-
oners including six generals. The
bag! of artillery at this point
brouht up to 700 the total OF guns
CO tured by ths Teutonic Allies in
recent operations.
The foeces of Grand Duke Mich.
olas, Berlin claims, have been
pushed back SO KoterkakuIva,
southwest of Brest. Litovsk, while
they are being pursued. east cf
Kovno aud have lost ground soash
of the Bug on she Brsst. Litoxsk
line.
The Allies ON the Galllpoli Pen.
insuls ara continuing their as
saults upon Turkish positions and
the British left wing has made
some progress, an official report
asserts
An open rupture between Italy
and Turkey apparently is rapidly
approaching, acc ording to dis
patches from Rome. while reports
from the same Capital, say th'
Entente Powers have succeeded il
inducing Ssrbia to agree to tht
immediate csssion to Bulgaria O.
n -o-k of M ,oIo, -, ovoko ~.