The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-08-26
FOURTEEN SUNK IN 4S HOURS.
German Submarines Send to Bottom
Total Gross Tonnage of 1868.
4 Saturday dispatch SAYS:


Fourteen steamers. with total
gross tonnage of 47,69S. have been
sunk in the last forty-eight hours
by German submarines. This total
stablishes a record for the period.
Three other vessels reported tor
pedoed may add another 1866 tons
to the aggregate destroyed in the
past two days. So far as known
there has been no loss of life, except
in the sinking of the White Star liner
Arabic.
The recrudescence Of submarine
activity began August IL and in the
week ending August IS. the British
admiralty reports, thirteen vessels of
a total tonnage of 22,970 were sunk,
eleven of them by underwater craft
and two by mines. This makes a
total known loss of 7O,66S tons of
shipping in nine days.
Ten of the vessels sunk in the past
two days were British, three were
Norwegian and one was Spanish.
The largest vessel whose loss has
been confirmed was the Arabic, OF
1891 tons. Reports that the Lap
land. 1850 tons, and the Nicosian,
$3.50 tons. have been sunk have not
been verified. The fate Of the Duns-
ley, 1856 net tons, reported torpe-
doed just before the Arabic was sunk,
has not been definitely determined.
The British Press Association has de-
MED the reported loss of the Bowie,
of $500 tons.
Underwater craft torpedoed Friday
the British steamers Restormel, O.
lis tons; Baron Erskine, 5,5S5 tons;
City of New York, 2,790 tons; Sama-
ra. 3.90S tons; Gladiator, 1859 tons;
Bittern, 1897 tons, and the Ben
Brachie, 3,90S tons; the Norwegian
steamers Sveresborg, STA tons, and
Bras, 1851 tons, and the Spanish
steamer Peria Castillo, 1920 tons.
The vessels Sunk Thursday were
the Arabic, 15,8O1 tons; Grodno, l.
955 tons: Serbino, 2,2O5 tons, and
Magda. 1868 tons, a total of 21,-
O24. All these were British except
the Magda, which was Norwegian.
A submarine halted the Norwegian
mail steamer Irma, within Norwe-
gian territorial waters, but disap-
peared before torpedoing the vessel
when warned by Norwegian torpe-
do boat that the attack which ap-
perently was intended would consti-
tute a violation of neutrality.
Loss of British submarine in the
sound with fifteen members Of her
crew is reported by London and Ber-
lin, but London claims the boat ran
aground, while Berlin says 1t was
destroyed"
Except for another serious reverse
for Russian arms there were no
striking developments in the days
military operations. Berlin report
ed the fall of Novogeorgievsk, where
the Muscovites made their last stand
in Poland, with the loss of $4,000
prisoners and a large bag of artil-
iery.
The hard-pressed forces Of Grand
Duke Nicholas, the Germans claim,
have been pushed back to Koterka-
kulva, southwest of Brest-Litovsk,
while they are being pursued east of
Kovno and have lost ground south
of the Bug on the Brest-Litovsk line.
The allies on Gallipoli peninsula
are continuing their assaults on
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 ap-
preaching, according to dispatches
from Rome. Reports from the same
source assert that the entente pow
ers have succeeded in inducing Ser
bia to agree to the immediate ces-
sion to Bulgaria of part Of Mace
donia in exchange for the Bulgars
participation in the war.