The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-19
French Vessel in Fray Reaches
N. Y. With Story.
Merchantmen Carries Big Gun
Mounted on Stern.
LII MAT AfTA0HEn ME0QFi
U-BOAT ATTACKED VESSEL
Fired Three Shots, but Didn't
Hit Steamship.
The Guyane's Second Shell
Struck PIunger Squarely.

New York, Feb. 19.-In a 40min-
ute battle between a German U-boat
and the French line steamship,
Guyane, off the coast of France on
January %. the submarine was sunk,
according to officers on the freighter
which arrived here today from Bor-
deauX.
The Guyane was one day out from
port. At $50 p. M, Captain Rouse
lot said the U-boat was sighted some
distance to port and apparently en-
deavoring to cross the freighter's bow
in order to stop her. The submarine
fired a shot which fell short and the
board so that her big 65 millimetre
gun mounted at the stern could be
trained on the approaching vessel.
The submarine then fired a second
shot, which fell considerably short,
and a third, which struck the water
close by the freighter.
Watch U-Boat Struggle and Sink.
Meanwhile the Guyane gunner had
sent one shell which failed to hit,
but struck very near its mark. a
second shot from the Guyane, Captain
Rousselot said, hit the U-boat square
Iy and the underwater boat was seen
to collapse.
During the next thirty minutes the
German craft appeared to be strug-
Cling for existence. No one appeared
on the deck and no further attempt
to shell the freighter was made, and
the Guyane refrained from firing any
more shots At the end of the half
hour the submarine disappeared.
The freighters offices said they had
no doubt but that the U-boat was lost.
The Guyane, steel vessel or 2,oos
tons net, carried thirty-seven men.
There were no Americans aboard. She
brought a general cargo of about
1000 tons.
Eleven of Lost Steamer Grew Missing
the crew of the British steamer
Ron1sdalen reported sunk yesterday
are missing Lloyds shipping agency
announced today.
The Gueyne carried millions of dol
lars worth of munitions to the allies
since the beginning of the war and
has had her 65-milimetre gun aboard
since the submarine operations began
to be a menace.
The gun is the same as that carried
by other French ships, mounted
astern so that the vessel must turn
unless the submarine approaches from
the stern.
Two From N. Y. Are Sunk.
New York Feb. 1.-two steam
ships out of New York under charter
to the Kerr Steamship company-one
Norwegian and the other Spanish
nave been sunk IN the submarine
zone, according to advices received by
the company today. They were the
Dalmata, Norwegian, January "a, fol
Havre, and the Mar Adriatico, Span.
ish. January 16, for Bordeaux.
The Dalmata was sunk on February
and the Mar Adriatico February II
The latter arrived at Lisbon February
? and was probably proceeding from
/ Bordeaux when sunk. Officials of the
Kerr Steamship company said the!
did not believe either vessel ha6
Americans aboard.
/ The Dalmata was a vessel of LII:
tons gross, 245 feet long and lilt a
Port Glasgow in 1902.
/ The Mar Adriatico was 2,41O tore
gross. 295 feet long and built in 1879!
at Sunderland.
Okement, 1889 Tons, Sunk.
London, Feb. 19.-The British
steamship Okement. 4,339 tons gross
also has been sunk. Lloyds announces
The Okement was last reported on he
departure from Rio Janeiro Decembe
1 for st. Vincent, Cape Verde islands
London, Feb. 19.-The British
stea mer Iolo. of 1908 tons gross, ha
been sunk, Lloyds shipping agenc,
announced tOday