New-York tribune., 1914-10-11

/ turn and steam full speed to their dy-
/ ing sister. whose plight they could not
understand. unless il had been due 10
an accident.
The ships came on a mission of in
! quiry and rescue, Tor many Oh ue
Aboukir's crew were now in the water,
/ the order having been gwen, Each
man for himself"
But soon the other two English cruis-
ers learned what had brought about
the destruction SO suddenly.
As | reached my torpedo depth !
sent a second charge at the nearest OF
the oncoming vessels, which was the
Uogue. The English were playing my
! game. for ! had scarcely TO move out
| of my position. which was great aid'
since il helped to keep me from de-
/ lection.
On board my little boat the spirit OF
the German navy was TO be seen III
it's best form. With enthusiasm every
man held himself in check, and gave
attention TO the work in hand.
The attack on the Hogue went true.
But this time did not have the advan-
! tageous aid of having the torpedo de-
tomato under the magazine, so Tor TWEEN
/ ty minutes the Hogue lay wounded ana
/ helpless on the surface before she
/ heaved, half turned over and sank.
| Bv this time the third cruiser knew,
/ of course, that the enemy was upon her,
/ and she sought as best she could TO
| defend herself. She loosed her tor
pedo defence batteries on boats, star,
! board and port, and stood her ground
as if more anxious to help the many
sailors who were in the water than TO
save herself. In common with the meth
Cd of defending herself against sub
marine attack, she steamed IN Zlg-
| gag course, and this made Il necessary
for me to mold my torpedoes until /
could lay a true course for them, when
| also made it necessary for me 10 get
nearer to the Cressy. | had come to
the surface for a view and saw now
wildly the fire was being sent from the
ship Small wonder that was, when tney
did not know where TO shoot, aithouBh
one shot went unpleasantly near US.
When | got within suitable range l
sent away my third attack. This time
| sent a second torpedo after the hrst
TO make the strike doubly certain. My
crew were aiming like sharDshooters
and both torpedoes went to their bulls
eve. Nv luck was with me again, for
the enemy was made useless and at
once began sinking by her head. Then
she careened far over, but all the while
her men stayed at the guns looking for
their invisible foe. They were brave
and true 70 their country's sea tradi-
tions. Then she eventually suffered
boiler explosion and completely turned
turtle. With her keel uppermost she
foated until the air got out from
under her and then she SANK with
loud sound. a. If from creature IN
pam.
Three Sunk in Less Than Hour.
The whole affair had taken less than
one hour from the time OF shooting OF
the torpedo until the Cressy went 10
the bottom Not one OF the three mad
been able to use any Of their big guns
knew the wireless of the three cruls-
ers had been calling for aid. ] was
still quite able to defend myself, but
knew that news of the disaster would
call many English submarines and tor
pedo boat destroyers, so, having done
nv appointed work. | set my course
for home.
Nv surmise was right. for before !
got very far some British cruisers and
destroyers were on the spot, and the
destroyers took up the chase. | kept
under water most of the way, but man
aged 20 get off wireless TO the Ger
man feet that ! was heading homeward
and being pursued. | hoped 10 entlce
the enemy, by allowing them now and
then a glimpse OF me, into the zone IN
which they might be exposed to capture
or destruction by German warships, but
although their destroyers saw me PLAIN
lv al dusk on the 22d and made fnal
effort 10 stop me, they abandoned the
attempt, as II was taking them TOO far
from safety and needlessly exposing
them 10 attack from our feet and sub
marines.
How much they feared our subma-
rines and how wide was the agitation
caused by good little U-9 is shown by
the English reports that whole fotilla
of German submarines had attacked the
cruisers, and that this fotilla had ap-
preached under cover of the flag OF
Holland
These reports were absolutely un-
true. U-9 was the only submarine on
deck, and she few the flag she still
flies-the German naval ensign which
hope 10 keep forever as glorious
memento and as an inspiration for de-
votion TO the fatherland.
reached the home port on the az