17 OCTOBER 1914, Page 3

We regret to record the sinking of the Russian cruiser

Pallada ' in the Baltic on Sunday last. An attack by German submarines bad been beaten off on the Saturday, but during scouting operations on Sunday in company with her sister- cruiser the Bayan,' the Pallada ' was torpedoed and went to the bottom with all hands. The `Pallada ' was an armoured cruiser completed in 1910 with a displacement of 7,775 tons, and carried a complement of 479 officers and men. It is alleged that on the same occasion the Russians sank two German submarines, but it is not certain whether this news, though official, can be made good. People who fire at some- thing which at once sinks are naturally inclined to say they have scored a hit.