Torpedoed 2,000 10 Oct. 17—­S-115, 117, 118, 119, 4 destroyers 1,660 193 Oct. 20—­S-30, destroyer Ran Ashore 400 ...  Oct. 25—­Submarine Shelled 400 12 Oct. 30—­Submarine Shelled 400 12 Nov. 4—­Yorck, armored cruiser Mined 9,350 226 Nov. 7—­Jaguar, gunboat Shelled 330 50 Nov. 7—­Luchs, gunboat Shelled 880 50 Nov. 7—­Iltis, gunboat Shelled 880 50 Nov. 7—­Cormoran, gunboat Shelled 1,600 100 Nov. 7—­Tiger, gunboat Shelled 880 50 Nov 7—­Taku, destroyer Shelled 280 26 Nov. 7—­Ruchin, mine layer Shelled ... ...  Nov. 9—­Emden, protected cruiser Shelled 3,540 200 Nov. . .—­Wilhelm der Grosse, battleship Mined 10,790 400 Nov. . .—­Hertha, cruiser Mined 5,569 200 Dec. 8—­Scharnhorst, armored cruiser Shelled 11,420 764 Dec. 8—­Gneisenau, armored cruiser Shelled 11,420 700 Dec. 8—­Leipzig, cruiser Shelled 3,200 280 Dec 8—­Nurnberg, cruiser Shelled 3,200 256 Dec. 10—­Three submarines Shelled 1,200 36 Number of vessels lost, 38. ----------------
                                           Totals 134,026 5,005

CANADIANS AT THE FRONT

Late in December the first of the Canadian troops to leave their English training camp on Salisbury Plain were sent to the front in Northern France.  The Princess Patricia regiment had the military honor of leading the Canadians to the firing line.  It was made up largely of men who had seen previous service and promptly proceeded to give a good account of itself.  A British guardsman returning wounded from the front on December 28 paid a characteristic tribute to the efficiency and daring of the Canadian troops, when he said:  “They are all old soldiers.  They knew as much about the game as we did and a blooming sight more than the enemy’s infantry.”

The Canadians first went into action at one of those ticklish spots where yards count.  The trench of the British ended at a village which was vigorously shelled by the Germans, and was practically in ruins.  Another trench on the right of a little town held by unmounted French cavalry made it impossible for the Germans to reach the village, but their “snipers” had ensconced themselves in some farm buildings to the northeast, making it extremely hazardous for supplies to reach the advanced British posts.

“About twenty of the Canadians,” said the wounded guardsman, “managed to gain the ruins at the extreme end of the village during Christmas night and when daylight came they accounted for practically all the German ‘snipers’ and dashed back into safety before the German artillery fire was directed to the stronghold.”