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ture.
sistance. The local men reached home on Saturday morning, little the worse for their adven- their for worse the little morning, Saturday on home reached men local The sistance.
were extremely grateful to the officers and crew of the "Bonafide” for their kindness and as- and kindness their for "Bonafide” the of crew and officers the to grateful extremely were
night in open boats; in a choppy sea. The boats were then allowed to drift away. The rescued rescued The away. drift to allowed then were boats The sea. choppy a in boats; open in night
15 the "Bonafide" rescued the crew from the prospect of spending the the spending of prospect the from crew the rescued "Bonafide" the 15 - 5 at and "Cadeby" the
30 that the Germans overhauled overhauled Germans the that 30 - 3 at was It bunkers. the penetrating earliest the of one fired
with the ensign still flying, to the chagrin of the pirates. From twenty to thirty shots were were shots thirty to twenty From pirates. the of chagrin the to flying, still ensign the with
the German pirates: but though many attempts were made to lower the flag the vessel sank sank vessel the flag the lower to made were attempts many though but pirates: German the
left the vessel. The vessel at the time was flying the white ensign. Which became a mark for for mark a became Which ensign. white the flying was time the at vessel The vessel. the left
actual launching of the two boats firing was suspended; but recommenced as soon as they they as soon as recommenced but suspended; was firing boats two the of launching actual
menced firing, while those on board were preparing to leave the doomed vessel. During the the During vessel. doomed the leave to preparing were board on those while firing, menced
the submarine signalled Captain Jones to take to the boats immediately and at once com- once at and immediately boats the to take to Jones Captain signalled submarine the
Ship Institute. When the submarine was some distance off the "Cadeby." the commander of of commander the "Cadeby." the off distance some was submarine the When Institute. Ship
ble as possible and brought in to Newlyn, arriving at 1 at arriving Newlyn, to in brought and possible as ble 30 a.m., where they were taken to the the to taken were they where a.m., 30 -
in a strong sea and by that time their vessel had disappeared. They were made as comforta- as made were They disappeared. had vessel their time that by and sea strong a in
which picked up the crew and passengers from the vessels two boats. They were tossed about about tossed were They boats. two vessels the from passengers and crew the up picked which
day. All on board were saved through the services of the Penzance motor boat. "Bonafide" "Bonafide" boat. motor Penzance the of services the through saved were board on All day.
Wattison, his wife, a two and half year old boy, and a Portuguese girl coming home on holi- on home coming girl Portuguese a and boy, old year half and two a wife, his Wattison,
and D Jenkins, of Rock House, Borth. There were on board four passengers four board on were There Borth. House, Rock of Jenkins, D and Mr. J. T. T. J. Mr. —
Glendower, Borth and amongst the crew of sixteen were Messrs John D. Thomas, Eversleigh, Eversleigh, Thomas, D. John Messrs were sixteen of crew the amongst and Borth Glendower,
Oporto to Cardiff with a cargo of pitwood. The vessel was commanded by Captain Jones, Jones, Captain by commanded was vessel The pitwood. of cargo a with Cardiff to Oporto
man submarine off the Scillies on Thursday afternoon of last week when on a voyage from from voyage a on when week last of afternoon Thursday on Scillies the off submarine man
the property of the Cadeby Steamship Company, of Glasgow, was sunk by shell fire by a Ger- a by fire shell by sunk was Glasgow, of Company, Steamship Cadeby the of property the
” ” The steamer "Cadeby”. of 1,130 tons, built in 1892, registered at Hull, Hull, at registered 1892, in built tons, 1,130 of "Cadeby”. steamer The . "Cadeby the of Loss
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ling 230,000 casualties for the Italians and 165,000 for the Austrians. the for 165,000 and Italians the for casualties 230,000 ling
sides. Three additional battles are fought through the end of 1915 with similar results, total- results, similar with 1915 of end the through fought are battles additional Three sides.
Initial gains by the Italians are soon repulsed by the Austrians with heavy casualties for both both for casualties heavy with Austrians the by repulsed soon are Italians the by gains Initial
- The First Battle of Isonzo begins as Italian troops attack Austrian defences. defences. Austrian attack troops Italian as begins Isonzo of Battle First The 1915 23, June
60,000. suffer mans
attempt at Vimy. The French call off the Vimy offensive with 100,000 casualties. The Ger- The casualties. 100,000 with offensive Vimy the off call French The Vimy. at attempt
attack, just as they did in the first first the in did they as just attack, - counter German a to succumb then but objective, initial
bardment from the improved defences of the German 6th Army. The French achieve their their achieve French The Army. 6th German the of defences improved the from bardment
from the Germans in the Artois. This time the troops encounter an intensive artillery bom- artillery intensive an encounter troops the time This Artois. the in Germans the from
- The French 10th Army launches its second attempt to seize Vimy Ridge Ridge Vimy seize to attempt second its launches Army 10th French The 1915 16, June
400,000.
push the Russian 3rd and 8th Armies further eastward. Russian casualties soon surpass surpass soon casualties Russian eastward. further Armies 8th and 3rd Russian the push
Galicia on the Eastern Front. Within five days, they break through the Russian lines and and lines Russian the through break they days, five Within Front. Eastern the on Galicia
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German troops resume their offensive in in offensive their resume troops German - Austro regroup, to pausing After 1915 12, June
1915 June