Adriatic .Sea. and that the British liclit
> rui.-. r I >artmouth was torpedoed in a
Mibsoiim nt engagement with the Aus
trian war.-hips. lui; i arh.d IM.r(
s-;i I.I i
'I'll.- Admiralty :-latod that the tirit
isli w.4t>hi|?s I 'inniouth ami Bristol
(?in .-U' (I :h> Austrian \> ;? ooiut
near ' "a; la ro. \? hen. hat ? leships . untiiiB
I" their a: :.i. l.Mi. e. i; British \. >L.|.S
'? ii . om |n. I i <1 u> w itil.ll*a .v. The text
.?! ?hi sta lcm>-nl reads.
lie Admiralty :i:<:ieun?r.- that tinu
reports roeeive.I I'mri tin- r.ar-adm ril
otiilnandmi; He- .\dliath stpiad 1. n.
-aippl. ui. tiie.l l.y l h. Italian oilieal
L-ommuiiicution. it y.piieiirs ih.n early
1'uesda> morning tin .\u irlan t'er.-e,
ensn-lit.i: ,,f |j-hi , . l|(. (, '
||IJ. inly l' Iifore. li |? v d?-'!,\er
raided the .. IM.-.I drifter line, and ' h
???I'd ?n .iitUins ?oiirt-.-n Br:t;sJi
drift' i from which. ae. ordin- i.> ih<
Austrian t.miuiuni. ution. se\ n y-two
in* ir-otn ?. > w .n o tak? i.
Hi ''.ij< ' tj'' nip I Mr* mouth, villi
the Italia n rear-admiral aboard. ami
II. Al. S. Bristol imnicdtai< i\ .;ia*-cd t|.P
enemy off. aaslKiot! l.y French and
Italian destroyers. The elia.-e ,.,'i
limud win, the enenij under heavy
lu,d continuous tire until near ? attari.
