Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-02

sure Observation-Disclosures 46 min.
marine very close to u.s. as the sub
marine passed the B and the flag
ships bow. and disappeared close
aboard on our port bow, between the
columns, 1t was followed by the B,
which ran down between the columns,
and when the latter resumed her sta
ton she reported that there were |
strong indications of the presence of
two submarines astern which were |
growing fainter. The B was then
sent to guard the rear of the convoy |
IS. When / was in Paris 1 was |
shown by the United States naval at |
tache a confidential official bulletin !
of information issued by the general |
staff dated July which contained the |
following:
'Punto del Gada, Azores, was
bomoarded at 800 a. m. July 4. This
is undoubtedly the submarine which |
attacked the f on June 25, 400 miles |
north OF the Azores and sank the + !
and G on June 90, 100 miles from Ter
ceira (Azores). This submarine was
| ordered to watch in the vicinity of
the Azores, at such a distance as it
was supposed the enemy American
convoy would pass from the Azores
| 80. 1t appears from the French re-
/
location of the attack, that enemy
submarines had been notified of our
| approach and were probably scouting
across our route. 1t is possible that
| they may have trailed us all day on
June %, as our speed was we'll within
their limits of surface speed and they
| could have easily trailed our smoke,
under the weather conditions, with
out being seen; their failure to score
hits was probably due to the attack
being precipitated by the portuitous
circumstances of the flagship's helm
jamming and the sounding of her
whistle, leading enemy to suppose
he had been discovered
40. The H, leading the second
! group encountered two submarines.
the first about 1t.50 a. M, June 2e
1917. in latitude north, longitude
west, about 100 miles off the coast of
France, and the second two hours
later.
Think U-BOat Wns Hit
Then Investigated the wake of the
hrst without further discovery The
j sighted the bow wave of the sec
ond at distance. of 1,500 yards and
headed for it at speed of twenty
five knots. The gunpointers at the
forward gun saw the periscope sew
eral times for several seconds. but 1t
w OdSli illlt DeIOTe Iney
could get on, due to the zigzagging
OF the ship. The ] passed about
twenty-five yards ahead of a mass of
buDples which were coming up from
the wake and let go a depth charge
just ahead, Several pieces of tim
Der, quantities of oil bubbles and
debris came to the surface. Nothing
, more was seen of the submarine. The
attacks on the second group occurred
| n q
where the attacks had been made on
the first group.
-. ~, ! The voyage of the third group
'12. In the forenoon of June %. in
latitude north, longitude west, the K
opened fire on an object about 300
, yards distant which he thought was
. . submarine. The commander of the
group, however, did not concur i'm
. this opinion. but the reports subse-
quently received from the command
ing officer of the K and Lieutenant v
are too circumstantial to permit the
incident being ignored. The COM
manding officer states:
'(B). The only unusual incident of
the trip worth mentioning was on
? June rs, about 1905 a. M, the lookout
reported something right ahead of
the X. Il had the bridge at the
: timeO When 1 looked 1 saw what
J appeared to be a very small object
on the waters surface about a foot
or two high. which left small wake.
On looking closer and with the aid of
binoculars. 1 could make out a shane
under the water $50 or 300 wards
: ahead and which was too large to be
a blackfish, lying in a position about
fifteen degrees diagonally across the
KS course.
, U-BOnt Fires Two Shots
"'(B -. 1 ordered the port bow
gun to open fire on the spot in the
water and sounded warning siren for
convoy, when judging that ship had
arrived above the spot first seen.
ordered right rudder in order to leave
the submarine astern.
(B p. A minute or two later the
port after gun crew reported sight
ing submarine on port quarter and
opened fire at the same time. The
lookouts from the top also reported
seeing the submarine under the wa
ter's surface and about where the
shots were landing.
"'(B 81. The ship kept zigzagging
! and firing from after two guns every
time something was sighted.
, Lob ~. Lieutenant v, United States
navy, was in personal charge of the
: firing and reports that he saw with
all the gun crews and lookouts aft,
l the submarine fire two torpedoes to-
ward the direction of the convoy
: which sheered off from base course
} to right ninety degrees, when alarm
was sounded.
Men See TOrpedOes
"'(B 81. All the officers and men
aft had observed the torpedoes trav-
cling through the water and cheered
loudly when they saw a torpedo miss
a transport. They are not certain
though, which one 1t was, as the
ships were not in line then and more
or less scattered.
"'(B 6). The gunnery officer and all
the men who were aft at the firing
: are certain that they saw the sub
! marine and the torpedoes fired by
i same
"'(B y. A separate report of Lieu
tenant V. N. S. N, the gunner's off,
| Ger, is appended.
"'B 81. The X kept zigzagging until
l 1t was considered that danger was
past and in due time Joined the es-
} corts and convoy formed column
astern
, "'(B 81. Report by signal was made
> to group commander of sighting sub
marines and torpedoes.'
, "13. Paragraph thirteen deals ex-
clusively with a recommendation as