The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-28
GERMANS SINK Il
BRITISH SHIPS
in The CHANNEL
Official Statement From Ber-
lin Says TeutOns Lost
No Vessels.
DESTORYERS AMONG
THE BRITISH LOSSES
Submarines Are Seen Off United
States Coast Washing
ton Is Silent.
Special dispatch to The Tribune.

Special dispatch to The Tribune.
Berlin, Oct. 28.-The official state
ment ISSUED late tonight, says that
Germany lost no ships in the sea bat
tie in the English Channel, while the
British lost eleven guard ships and two
or -hree destroyers. Every German
craft that participated in the battle
returned to port.
Washington, Oct. 27.-Up to late
hour tonight the Navy Department had
no confirmation of the report that sew
eral German submarines were Just
outside of the three-mile limit off Nor
folk. An official of the department,
however, stated that no announcement
would be made even if the submarines
were known to the department, so long
as they remain outside Of the three
mile limit.
1t was reported that a number OF
submarines are lying in the open sea,
near the lane the merchant ships use
as they leave American ports.
London, Oct. 27.-Ten German tor
pedo boat destroyers attempted to
raid the British cross-channel trans
port service last night, but the at
tempt failed, says an official statement
issued by the British admiralty today.
Two of the German destroyers were
sunk and the others were driven off.
One British torpedo boat destroyer,
the Flirt, is missing. the British state
ment adds, and another destroyer, the
Nubian, was disabled by torpedo and
ran aground. Nine members of the
crew of the Firt were saved.
The German destroyers succeeded in
sinking one empty transport, the
Queen. The crew was saved.
The British admiralty announcement
follows:
During last night the enemy at
tempted a raid with 10 destroyers on
our cross-channel transport service.
The attempt failed.
Zone empty transport, the Queen,
was sunk. The whole of her crew was
saved. Two of the enemy destroyers
were sunk and the rest were driven
off,"
"H. NJ. torpedo boat destroyer Flirt,
Lieut.. Richard p keIlet, r. n, Is
missing, and it is said he may be lost
: but nine Of the crew have been saved
III. NJ. torpedo boat destroyer Nu-
bian, Commander Montague ernard, r
n, was disabled by torpedo anc
taken into tow, but owing to the bao
weather the tow parted and she
grounded"
| London, Oct. 27.-Lloyd Shipping
Agency announces that the steamer
Rowanmore has been sunk.
The Rowanmore was of 10,340 ton:
gross register. She was built at Glas
gov in 1900 for the johnson line fol
Gulf and South Atlantic cotton-carry
ing trade, having a capacity for "a ,OOC
bales of cotton. She was last reported
as having cleared from Baltimore TO
Liverpool October IS.
Berlin, Oct. q, by wireless to Say
ville.-Field Marshal Won Mackensen'
forces pursuing the retreatment Russo
Rumanian armies in Dobrudia hav
reached the district of HirsOva, ap
proximately 40 miles north of Tcher
navoda, the War Office announced to
day.
On the eastern frontier of TranSyl
vania the Austro- German troops hav
repulsed Rumanian attacks, Will
south of Predeal and towards Kan
, pulung, in Rumania, southwest of tn
Kronstadt region, the Teutonic attac
/ is making progress.
: The statement reads:
"Transylvania front: Hostile ac
; vances on the eastern frontier c
Pennsylvania were repulsed.
"South of Predeal and in the diret
e ton of Kampulung our attacw hs
= made progress.
r Balkan theater: Army group {
Field Marshal Won Mackensen:
Pursuit of the defeated Dobrudi
S army continues. Central allied troor
S have reached the district of Hirisov
e Macedonian front: There is notl
ing of Importance to report"