Turkish Cruiser Sunk In Sea Fight.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 22, 1912:
Sofia Hears Torpedo Boats Attacked the Hamidiyeh Off Varna and Sent Her to the Bottom.
OTHER SHIPS COME TOO LATE
Constantinople Asserts, However, That She Suffered Little and Sunk Two of the Enemy's Craft.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Friday, Nov. 22.— A Sofia dispatch to The Times says:
    "To-day the first Bulgarian naval achievement was reported.
    "This morning before dawn the Turkish protected cruiser Hamidiyeh was sighted in the open sea about ten miles from Varna. Four Bulgarian torpedo boats immediately put out from port and engaged the cruiser, which soon showed signals of distress and began to sink.
    "Observing the rockets sent up by the Hamidiyeh, two Turkish corvettes and three torpedo boats hastened to her assistance and opened fire on the Bulgarian flotilla, which succeeded in returning to port without serious injury.
    "One Bulgarian sailor was slightly wounded and one torpedo boat received insignificant damage.
    "The Hamidiyeh was seen to founder before the Bulgarian torpedo boats withdrew."