New Britain herald., 1917-03-26
.S0,0O0 TONNAGE
 TN LAST FEW DAYS
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Berlin Give Accounting of SucG1
 of U-Boat Campaign

Berlin, Sunday, March 25. By Wire- less to Sayville.-The sinking Of } twenty-five more steamships, fourr teen sailing vessels and thirty-eoy<I trawlers, with an aggregate eroSe tonnage of 80,00O in the last few daxS ts announced by the admiralty. x T1i4 statement follows: In addition I'll the losses of ships already pu6lislod2 In March, German submarines dua1E the last few days, sank twenf1 fiy1,{ steamers. fourteAn sailing shtp& and. thirty-seven trawiers. with . tOtaxj gross tonnage of 8O.o00. On lGsEcta q German submarine annihilat4d LIZ cannon fire . British biplane m the3 Engli4h Channel. The ships which were nk are: are; ,sssssII4 armed; Denpark. British, 1.54D toni gross. armed; Granton. Britis4 watch ship. with the herring strawier . Ns-al in tow; Glynyrnel. Britain. l,sst tons; Memnon. British. s,4o4 a IF, 2,O00 tons; Sir Joseph, British 1a ing vessel. eighty-four tons; RCbSRS Rivend. Gessamine. Gratia, Lau& Lilly. Hyacinth. Case, Interno41 Nelly Ena, Kestral, Reindeer, Fof8etkI Me-Not. Try. Arnace, trawlers. Bfftlst
 French ships.
 The following French ships wse sunk: f1skt 11sas
 scully. bark. 2.s4s tons; Homatf.s : Eugene. Albert. Anais (13O tonS1 Madeline. Davoust. schooners: Kdie6 Va. <64 tons). Marie Louise, fronf and The American, sailing shipexx M0 vsk1 k1%ea pilot schooners; Petit Jean. Henry Louis XIV, Pentileau. Acide Maria Juliatte, Camille, Emile. '. R.-l343. L R.-1329 Madeline, Felicite, Mas donna and Entente Cordial. tratlAra a
 Norwegian and Ita1ian Vessels. z
 "The following Italian vessels wetN sunk: Medusa, steamer of about 1000 tons. as. ss9 3
 "The following Norwegian ves44ta were sunk: Soleferino. 1.165 toS. Wilfred, 1.120 tons; Girda, 1924 tons; Blaamanden, 954 tons; Ronald. &t011 tons; Expedit $50 tons; Frisk 1,S34 } tons; Einar Jarl, S49 tons; steamer9: Efgeu, sailing vessel of about 500 tons not listed. ,sss sSI
 American Steamers. se8
 "The following American steameF6a a were sunk: Illinois, 5.225 tons ana City of Memphis. 5.252 tons.
 Other Vessels.
 ''The following Spanish steamer waas1 sun: vivina, 3,122 tons; the followl ing Dutch steamer was sunk. LA Campine. 2,595 tons. sa-A s
 Ships destroyed, the names Q< which are unknown either because they were not identified during . night attack or because they had no name on side. are as follows:
 Unidentified steamer. with GArgo. about 5000 tons gross. sunk by f tor pedo in the midst of 2 convoy. Hrpeds \ British steamer of about 3,Oe0 tons: steamer of about $500 tons; T tank steamer of about 5000 tons; ss4amer of about 5000 tons: NorwegiaA B steamer of about 2,500 tons: thre4S # masted schooner of 300 tons and i three British and two French hshEng cutters. "
 With these ships. so far as gtq known up to this time. were dAs stroyed among other things. S4,04Hs tons of coal, the greater part q which was on the way to Francas s 900 tons of kerosene oil. $500 ton of ore from 1uelva to West Hartle pool, 3,20O tons of grain and S,90 tons of provisions. besides fish sun with trawlers."
 A German submarine made an ute successful attempt to torpedo tN British hospital ship Asturias on HN9z vre in February of 1915. Quick Mu by the captain enabled 'tas4 vessel to avoid the torpedo. Suh4 K uuently the German government - 5 the vessel had been mistaken foEsA troop ship and expressed regret IoF tho attack. The British admiralty &S& sponded that under the circumstanc4 there could have been nc p0sab abiH3S of such mistake. .. ...