London, June 16.
A grim story of the war at sea has been told following the arrival in New York of 78 survivors of the British steamship Brittania, 8.800 tons. which was sunk by a German raider last March off the African coast while en route to Indi The Brittania about 400 people on board. The raider fired 70 shells into her. Three hundred passengers and the crew of 100 crowded into four open boats, one of which, with 82 passengers, set out for South America, 1,500 miles away. The third officer was in command. He rationed the party to one ounce of water and one biscuit a day.
Forty-four of this party died from wounds or exposure, the remaining 38 finally beached their boat near a Brazilian port where they fell exhausted on the sand, They were not found until the next day when a Bra-lilian took a note from the third officer to the nearest British Consul, Indian Cavalry Officer Decorated for Gallantry Simla, June 16, Captain J, M. Barlow, of the Indian Army Cavalry, has been awarded the Military Cross, the Jemadar Jageram, the Indian Order of Merit, and Sowars Jitram and Abheram, the Indian Distinguished Service Medal for gallantry, The awards have been made for gallantry in an action which took place a: Mechili, in Cyrennaica, April, when advancing German and Italian troops surrounded an Indian motor brigade. Despite overwhelming superiority, the enemy failed to prevent the bulk of the brigade, with other Imperial troops, from breaking through and rejoining the forces in the rear—Reu'er.
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