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Show LONDON, Sept. 18, 7:20 a. m. A Bordeaux dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company states that the battle continues with great fierceness along the whole front. The death is announced of General Bataille, who was killed in action. Fisgard II, Formerly the Battleship Erebiis, Turns Turtle in Hurricane in English Channel; German Cruiser Emden Reported to Have Sunk Five British Steamers on Coast of India. LONDON, Sept. 18, 12:30 a. m. The admiralty announces that the training ship Fisgard II, formerly the battleship Erebus, foundered foun-dered during a gale in the English channel and that twenty-one members of her crew were drowned. At the time of the disaster the Fisgard II was being towed. The Fisgard foundered at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The survivors were landed here. The crew was composed mostly of dockyard workers. The vessel was outward bound from Portland when she struck rough weather. In the storm some of her heavy equipment became loosened, giving her a heavy list. The Fisgard turned back in an effort to make port, but turned turtle in sight of hundreds of spectators ashore when she reached Portland race. , 1 The work of rescue was hampered by the heavy seas. THREE FREIGHTERS ARE SUNK. BOSTON, Sept. 17. Reporting a narrow escape from capture by the German auxiliary cruiser Luxemberg when 300 miles south of St. Lucia, British Indies, the British steamship Anselma de Lar-rinaga, Lar-rinaga, from Buenos Aires, arrived here today. Captain Davis said that the Luxemberg, formerly a Hamburg-American' Hamburg-American' liner of the same name, chased his Vessel for 150 miles under the appearance of a French cruiser, and a British, warship forced her to abandon the pursuit. "When we got into St. Lucia," said Captain Davis, "we were told that the Luxemberg had captured the British freight steamers Hyades, Holmwood and Bowes Castle, but being unable to put into any port with them, she had taken off the crews and sunk the vessels. The Bowes Castle was sunk two days before we got to St. Lucia, we were told, She was on her way to New York from Chile." Two more British steamships were reported missing and were thought to have been captured, according to Captain Davis. GERMANS BOMBARD NANCY. (Special Cable by Arrangement with the London Dally Telegraph and the International News Service.) BORDEAUX, Sept. 17. The Republican says: "The Germans bombarded Nancy and about fifty shells fell on the town, causing great damage and several fires. Among the dead were three women, one aged 80, and many children. During the bombardment, which lasted from 11 a. m. until 12:45 p. m., the population popu-lation stayed in the cellars. ENGLISH BAG BIG LINER QUEENSTOWN, Sep. 17, via London, 5:07 p. m. The Holland-American line steamship Ryndam, which sailed from New York September 8 for Rotterdam, was seized by a British warship and brought into Cork harbor today. CRUISER SINKS FIVE BRITISH SHIPS. TOKIO, Sept. 17, 9:59 p. m. It is reported here that the German Ger-man cruiser Emden has sunk five British -steamers off the coast of India. The passengers of the vessels are said to have been saved. |