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Show TRANSPORTS ARE RIDDLED Warship Flying Austrian Aus-trian Flag Shells Vessels Ves-sels Loaded With Servians Ser-vians Cettinje, Montenegro, Mar 13. NewB reached here today that four Servian transports loaded with troops were yesterday riddled with shells fired by an unidentified war vessel Accounts of the engagomcnt9 from two different sources declare the ves- se) flew the Austro-Hungarian flag. The transports were conveying I strong detachments of Servian troops to assist the Montenegrins In their siege of the fortress of Scutari The attack on the four boats occurred off San Giovanni dl Medua Two of the transports were set on fire. The number of killed and Injured In-jured has not been reported. Varying Accounts No official account of the engagement engage-ment was available this morning and tbe unofficial dispatches from San Giovanni dl Medua varied considerably consider-ably According to one account, the attacking at-tacking ship was the Turkish cruiser, i Hamldieh, which Is alleged to hac teen flying the colors of Austria-I Austria-I Hungary. Another report doubts the war stl w8b the Hamldieh at all and s.ns that the cruiser resembled a vessel of the Austrian Kaiser In class Feeling Runs High. Feeling against Austria has been high since Tuesday, when the Austrian Aus-trian minister to Son la announced that his government objected to Servian Ser-vian troops assisting In the siege of Scutari Today s news of the attack on the Servian transports therefore created a tremendous sensation here |