File No. 841.857/18
The Consul General at London (Skinner) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
London,
August 23, 1915.
[Received 8.15 a. m.]
[Received 8.15 a. m.]
American Consul, Bristol, reports British ship Baron Erskine , Avonmouth to New Orleans, destroyed submarine morning August 19. Seventy-seven returning American muleteers on board all saved. Survivors in Bristol.
Skinner