Show French Ship in Running Battle With Submarine in r a rr to The IM I NEW EW YORK Feb 16 Officers Officers of the French freight steamship Honduras ras rae which arrived here today from Bordeaux brought reports of a running running run run- ning battle batUe with a German submarine on December 7 7 twenty miles from Crom Brest The officers said they believed the submarine was vas hit I The Honduras was on her way from New Orleans to France with sugar The submarine submarino came up astern and opened fire with a deck gun Twenty Twenty- eight shells were fired some hitting the tho and others bridge taking effect In the after part of ot the ship With the first sh shot t from the submarine submarine sub sub- marine the fire ClIe was returned from froma a 6 G gun mounted on the afterdeck afterdeck afterdeck after- after deck of ot the Honduras Thirty shots were fired ired The boat U-boat suddenly ceased firing and drew away awny giving evidence of having been hiL hit The Honduras Hon lion I duras dural registered gross tons |