Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-05

LONDON. March 5.-Two German
submarines have been sunk in British
waters, according to an official an
nouncement given out in London To-Day.
The official news bureau confirmed
the report that the British steam col
lier Thordis had rammed a German
submarine and sent it to the bottom.
The text of the statement Is as fol-
lows:
The secretary of the admiralty
makes the following announcement:
The steamship Thordis now being eX-
amined in dry dock and injuries to
her keel and to her propeller confirm
the evidence of Capt Bell and the
crew that on the 28th of February the
vessel rammed and in all probability,
sank lGerman submarine, which had
fired a torpedo at her.
Yesterday afternoon the German
submarine US was sunk in the channel
off Dover by destroyers; the officers
and men were taken prisoners"
US One of Those Lost.
The French ministry Of marine an
nounced last night that a German sub
marine had been sunk by French tor
pedo boat destroyers, and the crew
taken prisoners This submersible the
French authorities called the Us.
The crew of the Us, numbering
twenty nine, was landed at Dover to-
day and was taken to Dover Castle un-
der an armed escort
The submarine Us was built in 1908,
and was a vessel of 300 tons displace-
ment. She had a speed of 13 knots on
the surface and knots submerged
was 1,2OG miles The vessel carried
three torpedo tubes Her complement
was twelve men.
The C-8 was a sister of the famous
U-9, which early in the war sank the
British cruisers Hogue, Aboukir and
sent the British cruiser Hawk to the
bottom. Wreckage picked up late in
February off Christiansand was said to
belong to the U.s., and it was rumored
in Norway that the submarine had
been lost.
Adventure Of Thordis.
The British steam collier Thordis,
while making her way recently from
Blyth to Plymouth. sighted 4 sub
marine. The undersea boat fired
torpedo at thetrawler, but the cap
tain of the British ship succeeded in
vessel at the periscope showing above
the surface of the water. He claims
to have struck and sent her to the bot
,om. His contention was supported by
his mate and the members of his crew.
.,d now it has been accepted as cor
ract hy the British naval authorities.
The captain and crew of the Thordis
,rnh. hly will receive rewards amount
no to $500, which had been offered
Nv various agencies to the first mer-
,I,ntman which sank a submarine.
'rhe Thordis has gone into dry dock at
1,,,,n,nth 1t was then learned that one
nt her nropeller blades had been torn off
nd that her keel was damaged badly,
irdicating the force with which the craft
struck the submarine
Hospital Ship Pursued.
The Daily Mall today publishes the
| following:
"a German submarine pursued the
pr,t,sn hospital ship st. Andrew. on the
,.tter's latest trip across the English
rh.nnel. but the hospital ship increased
~, sneed to twenty-five knots and
escaped"
| A French torpedo boat cruising off Nice
| France. yesterday. stopped d Spanish
| steamer and an officer inspected the pas
sensers. Among those board were
four Austrian reservists and one Ger
man who had taken passage to Italy in
the hone of being able to Join their regi-
! ments at the front. The men were taken