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Show BRITISH FREIGHTER SINKS SUBMARINE AN ATIANTIC PORT, Sept. 30. The sinking of a large German submarine In a battle with a British freight steamship steam-ship was reported on the arrival of the steamship here today. The battle occurred oc-curred 10 miles off the coast of France eiht days ago. Two shots brought th first warning of the presence of the subrnn riio. -which vv.if then perceived in -x're dim livht of ea:ly morning lying awasli to sJar'ooar.l. The navul gun crew on ihe fipiimc: immediately im-mediately returnr-d the fire. The U-bont's gunnery was pnor, mo?t of her shots going far over the steamship. steam-ship. After twenty minurep of firing the Brit'.sh gunners scored a hit. hut apparently ap-parently the damase was not Furious, as thf submarine continued in action. Trie aim of her 8-;ns imprm-ed the battle progressed. Fln.-iiiv a shot from the Krit-Sh Krit-Sh vet si": I strurk the marl-; fnirly and the 1" -hna t d p; oared. Officers of : f- f ri zh t r r si id the submarine sub-marine whs o;;.- i.f th ht:r:-t 1je nnd that, her c-.rnp i ere of lre ,'.-(-r. Her designating numhor was hiuucn f:om view. - - - 1 |