New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-02

Pac., standard speed. At 1925 sighted
wake of torpedo directly across our
bow about thirty yards ahead OF the
ship. Changed course 80 degrees 10
| left and went to torpedo defence sta
tons. Fired two 1-pounder shots and
/ one 5-pound shot from port battery IN
alarm, in addition to six blasts from
( siren. Passed through two wakes, one
bcing that from the U. S. S. &C." in
I turning TO northward, the other be-
/ lieyed to have been from the passing
! submarine. A second torpedo wake was
renorted at about 1885 from after
| Iookouts. After steaming in various
courses at full speed, resumed course
/ az degrees Pac. at 11:10 for rendez-
vous. At ~ set course Sc degrees
Pac.'"
Two Wakes Seen Together
"Sixth-The torpedo fired at the ~
passed from starboard to port, ABOUT
forty wards ahead Of the ship, leaving
q distinct wake, which was visible ior
about four or FIVE hundred yards. Ooio
mel D., U. S. A., was on the starooaIu
wing of the bridge of the u at the
time. and states: Il first saw whlte
streak in the water just of the star
| board bow, which moved rapidly across
| the bow very close aboard. "hen n !Se
saw it it looked like one very woe
wake and similar to the wake OF
ship, but after it crossed the DOW, anu
When in line with it, there appeared
two d;stinct and separate wakes, with
/ a streak of blue water between. IN
my opinion, they were WAKES VI WV
| separate torpedoes. 49,,
, hSeventb-The submarine which was
sighted by the flagship was seen by the
81 and passed under that snip me
81 went to quarters. When the alarm
was sounded in the b Lieutenant W.
was reused out of his sleep and went
TO his station and found unmistakaole
evidence of the presence OF subma-
rine. He had been there only few
seconds when the radio operator re-
| ported submarine very close to US. AS
/ the submarine passed the b and the
| Aaeship's bow, and disappeared close
| aboard on our port bow between the
| columns, it was followed by the b,
which ran down between the columns
and when the latter resumed her sla-
/ ton she reported that there were strong
| indications of the presence OF two sup
marines astern which were growing
/ fainter. The 81 was then sent to guard
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the rear of the convoy.
The Azores Attack
"Eishth-When ! was in Paris was
/ shown by the United States Navai
Attache a confidential official bulletin
| of information issued by the French
/ General staff, dated July 8, which con-
| tanned the following:
"'Punta Delgada, Azores, was bonn
/ barded at 9 a. m, July d. TINS is un-
/ doubtedly the submarine which at
tackled the "E" on June %, 400 miles
north of the Azores, and sank the r.
and &c" on the Goth Of June. 100 miles
from Terceirs (Azores).. This suDma-
rine was ordered TO watch IN the vlclh-
/ ity Of the Azores, at such distance as
it was supposed the enemy American
convoy would pass from the Azores.
Luck Was With Fleet
80. II appears from the French re-
port Just quoted above, and from the
I location of the attack, that enemy sub
marines had been notified of our APP
proach and were probably scouting
across our route. 1t is possible that
\ thew NAV have trailed US all day, on
/ June % as our speed was well within
/ their limits Of surface speed, and they
/ could have easily trailed our smoke
under the weather conditions without
\ beino seen. Their failure to score hits
was probably due TO the attack being
I precipitated by the fortuitous circum-
! stances Of the fagship's helm jamming
| and the sounding Of her whistle, lead
/ ing the enemy to suppose he had been
/ discovered.
40. The H. leading the second
I group, encountered two submarines, the
! lrst about 1850 a. m, June 70, 1911
| in latitude north, longitude, - west,
about 100 miles off the coast OF France
/ and the second two hours later. The
! II investigated the wake Of the hrst
! without further discovery. The D..
sivbted the bow wave Of the second
al a distance Of 1900 yards and headed
for IL at a speed Of twenty-five knots
| The gun pointers at the forward gun
( saw the periscope several times for
several seconds, but II disappeared each
time before they could get on, due to
the zig-zagging Of the ship. The j..
nassed about twenty-five yards ahead
/ Of a mass of bubbles, which were com
| ing I'D from the wake, and let 20 2
/ depth charge Just ahead. Several
pieces OF timber, quantities OF oil,
bubbles and debris came to The sur
face. Nothing more was seen OF the
submarine. The attacks on the second
group occurred about 800 miles TO the
eastward OF where the attacks had
been made on the first group.
Eleventh. The voyage Of the third
group was uneventful.
Supposed U-Boat Fired On
Twelfth. IN the forenoon Of June 2s
when In latitude 49, ~, longitude - w.,
the X opened FIRE on an object about