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Show Watch Stirring Duehn Ocean Crew of Danish Steamship Witness Fight Between Submarine and Transport Bnltlmoro, Mil,, Aug. 30. l Tho pursuit pur-suit of a British transport by a German Ger-man submarlno while tho transport 1 wus endeavoring to hit tho periscope of tho undersea boat was witnessed by Captain Mlkkelson of tho Danish I steamship Olaf, which arrived today I from Bristol, England. Captain allkkclscn said that on August Au-gust 1C, tho dny after tho- Olaf left I Bristol tho transport was seen going I at a high rato of speed and from time I to tlmo firing at tho perlscopo of tho I submarlno. Tho distance between tho I vessel wnB less than two miles and 1 between short intervals tho subma-I subma-I rino would rlbo to tho surfaco, oxpos-I oxpos-I ing Its poriscopo nnd dive again to I escape tho llro from tho transport. I "I could not muko out tho nnuio on I tho transport on account of tho die-I die-I tance," said Captain Mlkkelson, "but I I watched for somo tlmo and could I seo that tho submarlno wns making I a determined attempt to get In a po-I po-I sltlon to launch a torpedo. Whether I It was successful, I do not know for I when last thoy woro seen tho race I was boing continued. Tho submar-I submar-I lno wns a fast ono nnd the transport J was only holding Its own." I A wireless dispatch from Berlin 1 Sunday last said that passongcu on I tho Holland American steamer Ilyn I dam had reported that n British trnns I Port with 2000 Canadian troops on B board was torpedood off tho Sclily I Islauds August 1C, and that about I 1000 of tho men on board had been I snved Tho Canadian government I denied tho story. Thq Sclily Islands. llo somo 1C0 miles from Bristol |
