Republican farmer., 1918-04-12

while on patrol in the English
channel a seaplane sighter submar-
channel a seaplane sighted a subma-
rine eight miles away, directly in the
path Of an oncoming convoy of mer-
chant ships. The seaplane approach
ed by 80 miles an hour. The subma-
rine tried to escape by submerging
but was just wash as the seaplane
reached q bombing position and re-
leased two bombs, one of which ex-
ploded on the coming tower. The
seaplane dropped two more bombs
into the midst of the mist from the
collapsed submarine, which was Of
the largest type, carrying two guns"
The second case:
cat dawn a seaplane sighted a large
submarine on the surface with a
member of the crew standing by the
gun. The seaplane dropped a bomb
on the tail of the U-boat and after
ward photographed the sinking sub
marine, with a big hole in its deck.
A second bomb was dropped close to
the submarines bow, and the Uboat
collapsed"
The third case:
1.-TWO seaplanes attacked a large
submarine travelling on the surface at
Ia knots, with two men in the COLI
ming tower. A bomb was exploded
close to the coming tower, and the
submarine began to sink stern first.
A bomb from a second seaplane COM
pleted the work"
The fourth case:
GtTrI. Ill ior1o4 a1 n 10 1-o
submarine as it was submerging and
dropped two bombs close to the con-
ming tower, causing the submarine
to turn turtle and disappear in a
mass of oil and wreckage."
The fifth case:
"a seaplane sighted two subn2ar-
ines close to the surface and dropped
two bombs. One bomb was ineffec-
tive, but the other hit the deck amid
ships. The submarine was hidden
by the smoke of the explosion, and
when the smoke cleared the U-boat
was sinking, with both ends in the
air"
The sixth case:
"a seaplane saw the track of tor
pedo fired at a merchantmen. 1t diVeo
toward the surface and sighted the
black shades of the submarine, well
below the surface. 1t dropped two
bombs, which. both exploded close tt
the submarine, resulting in a large
quantity of oil, bubbles and wreck
age"
The seventh case:
Two seaplanes sighted q U-boat
on the surface and dropped bomt
each. The first bomb caused heavy
list to the U-boat, which began tt
sink by the stern. The second bomt
exploded in the center of the swirl
| demolishing the U-boat.
The eighth case:
"a seaplane dropped a bomb on
submarine just emerging and the sub
marine disappeared with heavy lis
| to port, The pilot dropped a Eecont
bomb into the swirl and a few min
! utes later a patch of oil $50 feet Ions
and ~ feet wide appeared on the sur
face"
The ninth case:
"a naval airship at midday sighted
a suspicious patch of oil and circled i
in an effort to ascertain the cause. Sud
denly a periscope broke the surface IL
the midst of the OIL The airship drop
ped a bomb close to the periscope ant
a series of bubbles began appearing
indicating that the damaged subma
rine was moving slowly away unde
the water Several more bombs wer'
dropped in the path indicated, unit
satisfactory evidence was obtained O
the enemy's destruction
The tenth case:
IAN airship dropped two bomb
over a submarine which was engaged
in attacking merchantmen. Grea
patches of oil and bubbles indicated
severe damage and trawlers made thi
complete by depth bombs"