Show WRECK GERMAN CRUISER I Riser Monitor Destroy nr hi Which Took TonI In Ithel In German 1 Ia t London Jul July 12 Tho Thie Tho admiralty an announces announces announces an- an that time tho German cruiser hII I. I I. I Inu t h Ht n. n SILS IL in IIA me c v ui US u year took refuse refuge from tho British fleet fleetIn In tIme the river In German East Africa has been totally wrecked b by British river monitors The Tile British casualties were four tour men killed and amid six wounded The Thc a a vessel of 33 8 tons Ions had a n. speed of 23 knots knols Sho was wasa a protected cruiser The rhe announcement of or the admiralty follows Since the end of last October tho the had been beon sheltering soma distance up tho the river rl In a position position position tion which rendered attack against her most difficult only shallow dreadnought dreadnought dread dread- nought ships ablo able to get sufficiently close to engage the cruiser off of of- I f fee cl t I nd y T Two To o months ago oto the admiralty decided de do- to send two t river monitors namely namely name name- ly Iy tho tIme Severn Se Capt Eric Uric Fullerton and tire the Mersey Commander Robert A A. A Wilson to a assist tile tho commander In chief chic at the time Capo Cape station Vice Admiral II H H. H King Hall In III those these operations Time Tho position of ot the tho Honl W was 8 accurately located b by aircraft and as asI soon Oon as the tho monitors ero read ready tho the I operations were tere bc begun On tho time mornIng morn morn- lug Ing of oC July 4 the thc monitors entered the tho river and opened a to which th the replied Immediately firing salvos with five tI guns with accuracy arid antI rapidity The Tho Mersey Mers ey was hit twice and four men mon were tere killed and four wounded b by ono one shell As tho the was aR surrounded cd it by ti a jungle tho timi aeroplanes experienced experienced great g difficulty In locating till the fall of ot our shot Sho She was hit five thc times early In iii tile the action but hut after tile the monitors had hod fired tired for tor six hours tho the aeroplanes reported that tho tile bergs berg's masts maats were tere still standing st A salvo saho then burst arid and she sire caught ht fire heavily between her masts She Bhe continued to fire with one gun In- In for 01 u n while shile but for tOI the time thelast last Jast part of tho the engagement sho site did not hot fire at nil all cither elthe on account of ot lack Inch of ammunition or tho disablement of or her guns Although h not hot totally doI do- do as us a 0 result of this en engagement a I sho probably was Incapacitated Th The Tho British commander reports that the tho task of ot the monitors was Wils an t extreme extremely I ly iy difficult uH one on account of ot the tile jungle and antl time the trouble of accurate accurately spotting IiiI To complete the time destruction of the tho the commander In l chief ordered or or- tiered dered tl a further attack on 5 1 11 1 and arid anda arida a n telegram now has hns been boel received stating slitting that thin th ship Is III a n total otal wreck In this last lIun engagement our casualties were WerA only two moo men wounded on the thu I 1 Mersey |