27 JULY 1918, Page 2

'-boats have again appeared off the American coast. Mines laid

by them are said to have caused the loss of the American cruiser San Diego,' which sank off Fire Island on Saturday last. All but eight out of the largo crew were saved. Last Sunday an enemy submarine off Cape Cod attacked a small tug towing four barges, and, after missing them with three torpedoes, sank them by shell- fire. The U '-boat commander who crossed the Atlantic to waste his torpedoes on barges seems to have caused great amusement in America. His superiors, we imagine, will not see the joke.