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Show BRITISH STEAMER ELUDES U-BOATS IN RUNNING FIGHT By Associated Press. AS ATLANTIC PORT, June 30. A running fight between a British Brit-ish steamship and two German aubmarlnes, which took place June I about thirty miles off the Italian coast near Genoa, in which the steamship succeeded In eluding the U -boats by superior speed, was described de-scribed by officers of the ship on arrival here today. The submarines came Into eight wait distance aatera the steamer shortly after she had left the Italian port, one of the officers said, anil immediately opened fire with shrapnel from deck rune and the steamer's deckhouses and funnel fun-nel were considerably battered. The gun crew of the steamer returned re-turned the fire and eoon succeeded succeed-ed In making one of the submersl-bles submersl-bles withdraw. The second enemy after an hnur'a chase gAVe up to go after a. smaller vessel that appeared In the distance, and soon after a wifeless meage was heard telling that a ateamer had been torpedoed - and asking for assistance. |