Show ATTACK SHIP STRANDED ED ON DANISH SOIL German Warship Fires Upon and Destroys British Submarine Submarine Submarine Sub Sub- marine While It Is Aground on oil Island of DANISH GOVERNMENT PROTESTS TO GERMANY Widespread Indignation in Denmark Over Wanton Act in Violation of Neutrality Finds Expression in Press FOURTEEN SAILORS KILLED I L LONDON T ONDON Aug 21 The The story of the sinking of the British submarine submarine sub sub- marine 13 TC whose loss was wa ma made e known in a brief statement yesterday yester day lay was told in an announcement from the tho admiralty today as follows A report has Las been received from rom Lieutenant Commander Layton commanding corn com manding the time E 13 whose grounding on the Danish island un of was published yesterday The lieutenant nant commander reports that thai the sU submarine submarine sub sub- marine grounded in the carl ary morning of l f. f it 19 IU All efforts to to her failed At t 5 n o'clock a Danish torpedo boat boal appeared on the tho scene and informed the E 13 that she would be bo allowed twenty four four hours houra to get set off orr At the tue same s time a German torpedo boat arrived arriver ar ar- ar- ar river rived and remained close to the tho submarine submarine sub sub- marine until until two more nore Danish torpedo boats came up when she withdrew Fire on Ship At 9 o'clock- o'clock k k the three Danish torpedo boats boat were wre anchored close to tho the submarine two Gorman German torpedo torpedo- boats boat approached nom from the tho south When about half bait a mile away ono one of or th these se hoisted a a. commercial flag signal but before the thc commanding officer of ot the 1 E 13 13 had time to read It the tho Gorman German destroyer fired a Ii torpedo at ut her front from froma a n. distance of ot about yards ards Tho The torpedo exploded on hitting the tho bottom bottom bot bot- tom torn to herAt herAt herAt her At the same mo moment the German destroyer fired with all her guns buns and find Lieutenant Commander Layton Laton seeing that his submarine was on Oil fire fore foie and aft art and unable to defend herself hensel owing to lo being aground gave orders for the crew to abandon her While the tho men were In the water sater the they were fired upon by machine guns and with sh shrapnel rap n e IOmie I. I Ono Omie of tho Danish torpedo boats immediately lowered her hel boat loat and steamed between the tho submarine and tho German destroyers who therefore had to cease fire and withdraw The Copenhagen correspondent of or neuters flouters Telegram company an sends bends tho following dispatch regarding the tile sinkIng sinking sink sink- ing lag of ot tho British submarine E 13 The de destruction of ot the tho British submarIne submarine submarine sub sub- marine E 13 In Danish territory by German destroyers under circumstances circumstances circum dream stances which placed the tho shipwrecked craft under Danish protection has aroused widespread indignation which finds expression In iii the Danish news news- papers It Is Js urged that thero there cnn cart beno be bo bono no eXl explanation or plausible excuse for tor forthe forthe I Ithe the deliberate violation of ot Danish territory territory ter ter- I as a a. German torpedo boat bOnt had thoroughly Investigated the thc locality before bo- bo fore returning with the tite others to at attack attack attack at- at tack the defenseless crew Cannot Ignorance Tho Vort Land sa says saya There can bo be no question that the German commander was Voas aware ho was violating Danish neutrality The In Incident incident In- In is simply in accordance with German methods throughout the whole war ar va r. r The writes We received the news with deep pain th that thit fourteen sailors Banors of or a friendly nation lost their lives not nol oven en in ia Unequal un unequal unequal un- un equal combat but without the faintest chance of defending themselves The TIle Journal IIo publishes a 1 rumor that one Danish torpedo boat had a n man wounded and its wireless damaged b by German shells The entire press commends the governments government's governments government's gov gov- O action In promptly protesting protesting protest protest- ing InC to Berlin and assures tho the government govern govern- ment mont that it will receive tho the support of oC tho tito whole nation in whatever action Is taken Tho admiralty has ordered that the patrol ships around Copenhagen be in increased In- In creased A German Zeppelin this morning reconnoitered over ovel tile tho waters vaters southeast of ot Copenhagen and photographed photographed photographed photo photo- graphed the wreck of the tho l E-l U E Spain Files File t. t Madrid Aug 21 The Tho Spanish government gov sov has protested to Germany against tho the torpedoing cf ef two Spanish steamers tho the Perla Peria Castillo and the Isidoro in Sn tho tile North sea ISca rho Tho German ambassador at Madrid has written a private letter leller to the tile rOIel foreign n minister expressing n regret gret 4 I 1 |