Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-02
THREE BATTLES FOUGHT
ON VOYAGE TO FRANCE
WITH GERMAN U.BOATS

bardcd at A. ". July A. This is un-
doubtcdly the submarine which at.
tackled the L on June 25, 800 miles
north Of the Azores. and sank the T.
and C on the 29th OF June 100 miles
from Tcrceira (Azorcs). This sub
marine was ordered to watch in the
vicinity Of the Azores, at such n dis.
lance as II was supposed the enemy
American convoy would pass from the
Azores"
8. 1t appears from the French port
just quoted above and from the loca
ton or the attack. that enemy sub
marines had been notified of our ap-
proach. 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 without
being seen; their failure 10 score hits
was probably due to the attack being
precipitated by the fortuitous circum-
stances of the hagship's helm lam
ming and the sounding of her whistle,
leading enemy TO suppose he had been
discovered
TO- The II. leading the second sroup,
encountered TWO submarines. the first
about II so a NJ June &c. 1917. in lati-
tude y. longitude W-about 100 miles
off the coast Of France-and the sec
ond two hours later.
The / investigated the wake of the
hTst without further discovery. The
} sighted the bow wave of the second
at distance of 1900 yards. and headed
for it at speed OF twenty-five knots.
The gun pointers at the forward gun
saw the pcriscope several times for
several seconds, but il disappeared
each time before they could get on.
due TO the zigzagging of the ship.
The passed about twenty-five wards
ahead Of mass of bubbles which were
coming up from the wake, and let 60
depth charge just ahead Several
pieces of timber. quantities of oil.
bubbles and debris came to surface.
Nothing more was seen Of the sub
marine. The attacks on the second
group occurred about 500 miles to the
eastward Of where the attacks had
been made on the first group
THIRD GROUP OF SHIPS
HAS UNEVENTFUL VOYAGE
H. The voyage @: the third group
was uneventful.
H. In the forenoon Of June IS, when
in latitude -. longitude w. the a
opened fire on an object about 800
yards distant which he thought was a
submarine. The commander of the
group. however, did not concur in this
opinion. but the reports subsequently
received from the commanding officer
OF the X and Lieutenant V are too
circum stantial to permit the incident
from being ignored. The commanding
officer states:
"tB) The only unusual incident Of
the trip worth mentioning was on the
18TH day OF June. about 1905 A. NJ.
the lookouts reported something right
ahead of the X q had the bridge at
the time). When I looked / saw what
appeared to be very small object on
the waters surface. about n foot or
two high. which left a small wake:
on looking closer and with the aid of
binoculars, l could make out a shane
under the water about $50 to 900 Yards
ahead. and which was too large to be a
black FISH. lying in a position about
10 degrees diagonally across the KS
course.
ODD 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