Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1918 — FOE’S WARSHIP SUNK [ARTICLE]

FOE’S WARSHIP SUNK

20,000-TON AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIP TORPEDOED BY ITALIANS. Commander of Navy and Three Men Penetrate Defenses at Pola and Destroy Big CrafL Rome. May 17.—Commander Pellegrini of the Italian navy, accompanied by three picked men, successfully penetrated the defenses of the AustroHungarian paval base at Pola and torpedoed an Austrian battleship of the VTribus Unitis type on Wednesday morning. The daring enterprise was made known officially. The battleship was a 20,000-ton vessel. Italian hydroairplanes supported the action. Austro-Hungarian machines attacked the Italian machines. Two of the Austro-Hungarian planes were destroyed and another was forced down. The destruction of a great first-line battleship by four men aroused Intense national enthusiasm. The Italian force worked Its way Into the Austrian naval base by dodging the patrol boats and searchlights of the defenders.