London, Dee. 19.
The attack by a lone British submarine ona pockd-battleship, two Daltle cruisers and three cruisers, after sighting the German liner Bremen, is described in a statement issued by the Admiralty.
'When the submarine came to perl~ scope depth to Investigate she found the Bremen—which was heading for German port after having taken Fefuge at Murmansk-—steaming past fairly fast, but it was at once obvious the liner' would pass well within torpedo range, the statement says. In fact, it Is asserted, it" would have beet impossible for' the captain of a Submarine to have missed such a great target had he decided to fire at it, but the captain had definite orders from the Admiralty. that the war at sea was to be conducted in iret cordance with "International law.
The British submarine therefore set about carrying out the procedure required of i under international law. In spite of the fact that German al craft were known to be in the vicinity, the submarine came to the surface and made a signal by daylight signalling lamp: "Stop immediately."
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