South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-23
IS Some Early Battles !"

sail and jib. The seventh shell exploded about 100
starboard quarter.
We then engaged having held until the
came to its closest range She then moving
parallel TO us our first shot ranged 5000 yards,
Election AS falling short and the right. 1 brought
the up $500 yards, then $500 yards, de
Election 40 4S. The shots then fell close aboard the
submarine which Immediately believe that the
shot fired toook effect, but the enemy evadng
ire by diving rapidly. The action 7:15.
The enemy failed o the surface although
we were in that vicinity until the following morning at
345 a m, with the gun standing by the guns
This engagement unique in present-day
fare an armed schooner under full sail beating off
submarine attack and actually driving the internal
craft The chief honestly believes that he
hit and disabled her and will a
Bibles high the mainmast. The submarines
behavior certainly suggests that she dazed
groggy after that last shot $500 yards
extremely close for this style of lighting The
U-boat of large type perhaps 500 feet long and
the length of her exposed while she worked
her Trained bluejackets Guild ask better tar
set.
AN EXCITING EPISODE.
To match this episode in Yanhee seafarng you must
back to the chronicles long such the
chant ship Perseverance in 1893 and dated from the
old Straits of Bahama:
a schooner has been in chase of o'clock
and has every appearance OF being privateer.
At three O'Clock, hnding ourselves fairly sugar
hey anu Key lAOods we TOOK In steering sails, wore
snip hauled up our courses and prepared for action
The schooner Immediately took in sail and passed
der our lee We wore ship. she did the same We
passed each other within a nalf musket. A fellow
hailed in broken English ordered boat
hoised out and the captain board with his
which he refused enforced his orders
menace that refusal would sink u
using the viest and most infamous language it
possible TO conceive Of.
and came up on our starboard quarter.
giving a broadside passed stern, but hred
wild that he did very little injury while
chasers gave him noble dose of round shot
grange. We hauled the ship to the wind. ..e
passed poured whole broadside into him with great
success His musket reached Us in every direc-
ton. his shot either short went
siderably over US, while our guns loaded with round
shot and square bars of IRON, piled so brsky
and directed with such good judgment before
of range had his mainsail foretop-
sail all and cleared his decks effectively
when he hnally bore away there scarcely 10
be 8 The action, which lasted hour
and 20 minutes ended we'll for feel confident that
cety"
The chief gunner of this anaz ng schooner of to-day
which fought submarine expresses a similar conf
dence concerning certain Teutonc pests o society
His argument has merit Unless disabled. why did the
U-boat quickly abandon her prey? There moth
ing in sight TO brighten her or barring the two
the schooner, which might have been easily
ranged big 4-master, carrying 1000 5000 OF
cargo worth sinking, the price a torpedo
Among the gunners was a smooth eeked youngser
with one OF those smiles that never come Off He would
advance his theory in the presence of the
Maybe we hit the damn submarine and maybe We
didn't. Anyhow she beat it. She surely afraid OF
You We let her come mighty close before we
cut loose with guns. They mounted be
hind the bulwarks which had hinged doors ports
cut in. When dropped these screens and
Fritzie puzzled suspicious a whole lot
took for mystery ship and wondered what else
had up our sleeves. Do you get him piping lis of
the coming tower rubbing the while
ne tries TO figure US out? These mystery ships were
medicine. They have mussed ele
giant U-boats that back Frtzie 10 him
self and don't watch out this big dub or schooner
is liable take my number. She may have whole
Of big guns tucked behng those bulwa~ks With these