Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-11
FIGHTS WITH U-BOAT
DARING ADVENTURES
British Writer Tells of Many En-.
1890 counters I'm Which Hun
Is BcStcd.
PATROL BOATS EFFECTIVE:
For Sheer Heroism in Cold Blood.
Mine SwccpcrS SurpaSS Men OF
Any Other Branch Of Service, lie
Says.

LONDON. November ia writer in
a London daily gives the following
thrilling details OF the war on the sub
marine:
The record Of our war with the
enemy submarine. when II comes 10 be
told in full, will rival any tales OF dar-
ing and adventure ever conceived by
our most imaginative story tellcrs.
For example. there is the story OF how
British submarine when on patrol.
sighted C-boat and sank H.
Both .bonts were on the surface, and
heavy sea was running at the time.
Tho British boat dved, apparently
unobservcd by the other. and Il quar-
ter OF an hour later succeeded in pick
ing up the enemy with her pcriscopc.
She fired at an estimated range OF
500, yards. and after pause OF a min
ute heard the conclusion Of violent
explosion. On rising 10 the surface.
our men sighted a patch OF oil with
survivors swimming in it. who were
taken prisoners. These stated that the
Torpedo had struck them just before
the coming tower. The submarine
rolled over and sank. the survivors be-
Ing blown up through the coming
tower.
TANNED ny Gunbont.
Many submarine meets its fate
s,tthe hands of the crew of our swift
craft. such as the torpedo Eunboats
and tho destroyers One OF the former
sighted a periscopc on the starboard
bow about GOO yards away.
the captain swung the ship round
until the object VAS on the port bow,
travelling slowly in the opposite direc-
ton. When abou; fifty wards away
from the ship the pcriscopc disap-
pcared, and the Eunboat, whose speed
was. then seventeen knots. altered her
course so that she passed directly over
the submarine. The impact of a col
lision was felt forward, and when The
captain Judged that she was passing
under the after part of the ship an
explosive charge was dropped. The
ship was Immediately turned, and a
second charge dropped when the first
had exploded.
A seaplane which was sent up cir
cled around for an hour and reported
large patches of oil on the surface
A group OF mine swecpers sweeping
tho bottom later reported an obstruc-
ton in this place.
In NIId-Atlantic.
- lol pcuo-Ooul OH patTOl IN Inc AL
iantic observed a steamer torpcdocd
by submarine. She proceeded to her
assistance, and shortly aftcrward the
steamer sank. Having picked up the
survivors, the torpedo boat circled
round, searching for the submarine,
and shortly afterward a white patch in
the water was sighted right ahead.
The torpcdo-boat made straight for
the spot. actually grazing over the
submarine. An explosive charge was
dropped as she passed under the stern,
and, turning round with all speed, "A
second and then a third charge was
also detonated in the place where oil
and air bubbles were coming TO the
surface.
AT once the air was heavy with the
smell OF gasoline. while subsequent
investigation by swecpcrs confirmed
the presence of heavy obstruction
on the bottom.
The Bitter BIT
1t is not always the navy that scores
in these encounters with the scourrc
OIL the ocean. Our merchant sailors
are now we'll able 10 look after them
selves. as several pirates have found
TO their cost.
Cases are multiDlyinc 6o;lv ~, co..