Evening star., 1915-03-28
BURNING OF TOWN.
TRAWLERS DESTROY MINE FIELD
LOSS OF TWO BATTLESHTPS
IS 1T THE END:

OF what had foreseen had occurred. The town
actually occupied by the British And they thought
the end! We would see about that
On the round the the back OF the glorious
resonant leaders there little column which read like this
HOSTILE SUBMARINES
Several o the enemys submarines and have
inflicted appreciabe damage merchant ships
The danger spots upon Monday and the OF Tues
LAY appear have been the mouth the Thames and the west
ern entrance solen Monday between the More
and Margate there sunk large the Ada
Modav Cuso Cormorant and Maid OF Athens particulars
Of which will be found below Near Ventnor the day
sunk the Nerulab from Bombay On Tuesday the Vir
gna Caesar King Of the East and Pathfinder destroyed
the Foreand Bouogne. The latter three
actually lying French and the energetic
enaions have been made by the OF the republic
On the day the Queen OF Seba, Orones, Diana and
Malaria destroyed near the Needles.
"Wreess messages stopped all ngoing cargo ships
from coming channel but unfortunately there evidence
that at least OF the enemy submarines in the west
Four cattle ships from Dublin Liverpool sunk
day evening" while three Bristol bound the TIilda
Mercury and Marie loser blown the neghborhood
Of Lundy Island Commerce has far possible, been d
verted into safer channels but in the meantime however
these incidents be and however the loss both
the and oyd console ourselves by the
reflection that submarine keep the for
than days without reng and since the base has been
ured there speedy term to these depredaons
SO much for the Courier Of proceedings An
other small paragraph however eloquent:
"The price OF wheat, said, which stood IS shiings
week before the declaration of quoted yesterday
the Baltic s. Maize has gone from p 1 barley from
le to 35 sugar (foreign granuaed from II shlings and
threepence le shilings and sixpence'
Good my lads! said l. when read the Il
YOU that those few lines will than
the whole page about the fall Of Bankenberg Now let get
down channel and send those prices up little higher"
All traffic had stopped for Londonnot bad for the
little Iota-and did that worth
torpedo between Dungeness and of Wight There
called Stephan by wireless and by o'clock acu
ally lying side by side smooth rolling sea-Hengsbury
Head bearing northnorthwest and about five miles distant
The clustered the habacks and shouted their
Joy seeing friendly faces
Stephan had done extraordinarily well. | had of course
read in the London paper of his four ships Tuesday but
he had sunk fewer than seven SINCE for Of those
which should have the Thames had tried to make
Southampton OF the of 10000 TONS grain
ship from America; second ship from the Black
congratulated Stephan with all my upon his splendid
achievement.
Then. had been seen by destroyer, which
approaching great pace both dived coming up again
off the Needles, where spent the night in company We
could visit each other had boat but
nearly alongside that able Stephan and talk
from hatch to hatch and so make our plans
He had shot away than half his torpedoes so
had l, and yet to returning base
long oil held told him of experience with
the Boston and mutually agreed sink the ships
BY gunre in future far possible remember old Horl
saying: what is gun aboard subnarne?" We
about to show.
read the English paper to Stephan by the light Of my
electric torch and both agreed that few ships would
up the channel That about diverting
to safer routes could only that the ships would
go round the north Of Ireland and unload Glasgow Oh
Tor ships stop that entrance! Heavens,
would England have done against foe with thirty forty