_Portugal._ March 17, 1916 45 Red Cross nurses lost.
40 of the crew.
_Britannic._ Nov., 1915 about 50 lost.
_Asturias._ March 20, 1915 43 lost.
_Gloucester Castle._ March 30, 1915 all wounded saved.
_Donegal._ 41 lost.
_Lanfranc._ (152 wounded Germans
saved by the British Navy!) 19 British wounded lost.
15 German wounded lost.
On a very few occasions, a few German submarine captains have acted
humanely, and some even gallantly; but all these acts have been
besmirched by the acts of cowardly and brutal men who have deliberately
fired upon hospital ships and open life-boats loaded with men
attempting to save themselves from drowning. In one celebrated instance
a U-boat captain and his crew came out upon their deck, and at close
range jeered at drowning men and women who were struggling in icy water.
And here is the latest feat of the brave and gallant German "navy":
On July 31, 1917, 200 miles from land a German submarine engaged in
combat and sank the unarmed British freighter, _Belgian Prince_. They
assembled the entire crew of 40 men on the submarine's deck, stripped
from them their life-belts, and smashed all their life-boats, with
axes. Then the brave Germans went below, closed their hatches, ran on
the surface for two miles, then suddenly submerged. Thirty-eight were
drowned, but two lived to be picked up and tell the story.
A new trick. Look for frequent repetitions.