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Show FRENCH SINK AUSTRIAN BOAT Submersible and Convoy Destroyed De-stroyed in Attempt to Torpedo Tor-pedo Allied Transport. SING LARGE STEAMER Armored Trains Bombard Enemy En-emy Destroyers Off Coast and Boats to Rout Paris, Nov. 7. The text of the French submarine statesment says: "An Austrian submersible attempted on tho night of October 16 17 to torpedo tor-pedo one of our transports convoying troops, but was discovered and attacked at-tacked and a convoy destroyed. The submorsiblo and the destroyer sank while the transport reached its destination destin-ation safely. Tho majority of tho crew of the destroyer weer saved and two officers and eleven men of tho crew of tho submarino were made prisoner. "On the night of November 1 our destroyers after crossing boldly and sucessfully a mino zone and surmount-In surmount-In by their daring solid obstacles defending the Fasana-Pola canal, managed man-aged to enter the customary anchorage anchor-age of part of the Austrian fleet. Two torpdoes were fired against ono largo ship and wero observed to catch In the vessel's torpedo neL "For two hours our destroyers re-connoltered re-connoltered within a few hundred yards of the forts and strong citadel of Pola and only withdrew when they had accomplished difficult and most delicate missions. Nunerpus power ful searchlights beat the sky and sea and batteries opened random and a futile fire. Sink Large Steamer. "On the night of November 3 several sev-eral of our destroyers sank a large Austrian steamer anchored at Durazzo under the shelter of defenses and a mine zone. Eonemy destroyers camo out and were attacked by our destroyers destroy-ers which forced their retreat. Our de-stroer8 de-stroer8 then returned safely to their base. "On November 3 three enemy destroyers de-stroyers at dawn beforo Santa Pidiol-mare Pidiol-mare and began to bombard that part of the coast although no military works are there. Ono of our armored trains rushed up, engaged and drove off tho enemy. Two destroyers were i hit, one was seen with a heavy list being assisted by others. The enemy fire was ineffective, one railroad man being slightly wounded and small dam-ago dam-ago dono to private property." on |
