Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), June 1917, p. 208

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SS SS SS SS SWS SS SS DANTON, FRENCH BATTLESHIP OF THE DREADNOUGHT CLASS SUNK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ini i i the escorting destroyer Massue saving 806 7 French ministry of marine announced the loss of Danton with 296 men, | a Tie ieee was cial by two torpedoes and sank in 30 minutes. Danton was the first ship of the ease: ri to be built by our ally. The keel was laid in 1908 and the battleship completed in 1911, being commissioned late in that year. carried four 12-inch and twelve 9.4-inch rifles as her main and secondary armament. CANNON FOR USE IN THE ALPINE PASSES ABOVE THE CLOUDS ghter with a cargo of portable field guns for our allies An Italian frei may be seen. These guns after is shown docked in Naples. peaks in the Alps. ins reaching the foothills are dismounted and packed in slings on the b Vicious fighting is continuously taking place in the snow swept crags of t mastery of the passes being essential to both armies. Mt. V Hundreds of small-caliber pieces acks of mules and carried to the high he Italian and .Austrian frontier, the esuvius is shown in the background. 208

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