The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-10-16
A WONDERFUL EXPLOIT.

me lHCoiHpdI dDie exploit Ol the
war, the sinking of three great Brit
igh cruisers by torpedoes fired from
single German submarine, has been
told in graphic detail bp Capt. Lieut..
otto Weddingen, commander of the
little craft, the "U-9" that achieved
this magni6cently terrible feat of de
stfuction The simple narrative of
the daring and successful naval otfi-
Ger becomes a cleaning page in TIE
red annals OF war. Naval officer OF
every nation, including the comrades
Of those who went down with 1'i:
ships before the unseen strokes
the German, are unstiutiDg in tbuir
admiration of the wofully efficient N
terprise An American naval ofi.er
concluding a comment upon n
as described by the man who -ch!ry
ed it, is quoted by the New "a k
Werld as saying:
What is surprising to me and %
other officers to whom have talked
is that the British, who have a large
fleet of submarines have not used
them In the north sea. If the 10
could come from her base and get TO
them. their submarines could go from
their base with the fleet and get to
the German ships What the one did
the others ought to be able to do"
The thought has occurred to many
laymen as we'll as naval men. II Is
certainly not for lack of gallantry nor
yet of enterprise that the British have
not matched the exploit of the 10.
There have been adventures by Brit
ish naval men quite as daring as that
of the German submarine Before
the Germans had scored anything
mere than mine disaster upon the
British, British submarine had slip
ped in and torpedoed a German cruis-
er of moderate size, and since the
LL9's exploit. another British subma-
rine has gone into the very mouth of
! Germany and sunk torpedo destroy.
er in her home waters. A squadron of
small ships. too. cut out in brilliant
| style several German cruisers in the
blight of Heligoland, and, with assist
anee of larger war craft. called to
their support, sent several to the bot
tom. But none of these adventures
can compare in results with that of
| the German submarine. and. in cold
appraisal OF effects, the failure of the
| British to employ their submarine
squadron in offensive warfare on an
impressive scale thus far is curious.
In another service aviation-the
British have exhibited the most dash.
ing spirit of all thus far. Their forays
into Germany and the effective de
scents thgy have made upon the Yep
pelin depots are the most striking
feats of the air that have been per
formed mp to this time in the war.
and the service the British aircraft
have rendered the armies in the field
has heen of very hibh and efficient
order. The airmen OF Britain are pre-
pared 10 protect London against a Yep
pelin attack, and 1t Is said and can
well be believed that they have bound
themselves 10 bring down the battle
ships of the air. even il they have
to dash headlong upon the enemy and
come 10 their own death with the vic
tim of their devoted gallantry
It is in the element over which
Britain has SO long held supreme
sway the sea, that her gallant war
riors have scored least. comparatively
in this war. and the explanation may
be found in the very fact of her su-
premacy. inducing, as is not infTe-
Quently the case conventionahty