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Show SUBMARINES IN ENGLISHHARBOR London, Dpc. 11. 2.16 a. m. A dispatch dis-patch to tho Daily Telegraph from Athens sa I that a Turkish gunboat has been sunk Dy a Turkish mine at the entrance to the Bosphorus. London, Dec 10. A dispatch from Dover states that thi German sub-ma. sub-ma. iner which took part in an attempt at-tempt d submarine laid upon Admiralty Ad-miralty Harbor, have ieen sunk after a heavy fusillade by the land batteries. bat-teries. The attempted raid on the harbor was made under cover of darkness at 6:30 this morning. Six submarines subma-rines took part in it. The first alarm on e-hore was given by the firing of naval guns Soon all the land batteries were in action The fusillade lasted for some time h least two hundred shots were fired. J he message ?tates that the suo-maiines suo-maiines did not eucceed in doing any damage. The adm ralty Ins received no confirmation con-firmation of the reported sinking Of three German submarines, but the ot tieial press bureau hat passed tho messages for publication. Dover is opposite the French town of Calais and is one of the chief ports of comraunieatioii between England Eng-land and thj continent. The admiralty admir-alty harbor, comprising an area of tHO acres, ib the finest harbor ot refuge in the channe'. Its construction was begun in 1S98 and completed in 190U at a cost of $17,500,000. The western limit of the older commercial harbor and the admiralty h.trbor is rbe admirjltj pier The j commercial harbor is bounded on the east by the Prince of Wales pier, while the east arm of the admiralty harbor is built out from the shore to the east of Dover castle. There are numerous forts guarding the entrance. |
