25 DECEMBER 1915, Page 3

The German Government have announced that the cruiser ' Bremen

' and a, torpedo-boat were sunk in the Baltic on December 17th by a submarine attack. The ` Bremen' has been something of a mystery. She was reported at various times in the Atlantic and the Pacific, but it seems just as likely that throughout the war she was in German waters. She was a light cruiser like the Undine,' and the German losses in this class have been very heavy. Our stirring submarine exploits in the Baltic continue, and German means of defence can hardly keep pace with them.