19 SEPTEMBER 1914, Page 3

On Thursday the Press Bureau announced a very satisfactory piece

of naval news. On a day unrecorded, in the North Sea, six miles south of Heligoland, Submarine E9' torpedoed and sank the German cruiser ' Bela.' This is the first autbentio instance of a British submarine sinking a hostile ship. Our heartiest congratulations to the gallant crew and Commander of ' E9.' May E9' go on as she has begun 1