The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-08
ALLIES EXTENDED THEIR DRIVE
AND SWEPT THE GERMANS BACK
ON A TOTAL FRONT OF SIX MILES
U-BOATS WERE FOILED
IN CONVOY ATTACK
Protecting Destroyers Got Into Action
Quickly on Two Occasions During the
Same Day-Rev. Fr. Joseph Ware
ing Tells of the Attacks.

London, June s.--Submarines wer,
foied again in their attempted attacks
on a convoy which carried American
troops and American Red Cross workers
according to Rev. Father Joseph Wareina
of Baltimore one of the Red Cross party
and who arrived in London yesterday
The protecting destroyers got into action
quickly ON two occasions last Sunday,
but Rev Wareing did not know whether
any submarines had been sunk.
| To the Associated Press, Rev. Father
Wareng, who had a trying experience
following the torpedoing of the British
steamer Laconia in February, 1917,
said:
Soon after we reached the danger zone
our convoy was attacked by German
submarines and for a few minutes |
thought | was in for another experience
of the same kind as | had on the La
coma. The exact number of the enemy
U-boats was not determined but at least
two we're seen.
I'VE had lively escort of British de-
stroyers, however, and they were on the
trail of the periscope like fash. Guns
and depth charges began popping like
giant fire crackers on the Fourth of July.
Fifteen depth charges were dropped into
the nest of German submarines. Wheth-
er any submarines were sunk | cannot
say, for we were on a fast ship and en-
veloped in smoke, but know we did not
lose a single ship. Our convoy carried a
large number of American troops-I can
not tell you how many.
when the first alarm was sounded
for the passengers to 60 TO their lifeboat
stations late on Sunday afternoon / was
in my stateroom. Word was passed |
around that enemy submarines had been
sighted | had no sooner reached my |
station than depth charges began to ex- /
plode, shaking our ship. After few /
minutes of anxious waiting at the life
boat stations we received the signal: |
The enemy has been beaten off
discipline on board was superb. The
troops behaved as if submarine attack
was part of the everyday routine and
there was not the slightest furry any
where on board For GOODNESS in time of
/ do not think you can beat
these young Americans. Their nerves
IRE like steel.
Two hours later on the same day
while | was preparing for dinner another
alarm was sounded and almost simulta-
leously the destroyers began dropping
iepth charges.
zone landed within about 500 yards Of
'ur ship and gave it good shaking. I;
"At no time during either attack did
zee periscope or the track of torpedo.
when the first alarm was sounded :
lave to admit | felt certain nervous Z
ess, for the alarm bell brought back to !
ny mind with great vividness my La j
onia experience when | suffered consid !,
rably from exposure. As ! hurried on !
eek ! thought of almost every minute !
{ the details which followed the sink
lg Of the lacona and came back to my !;
lind like moving picture and it was (
everal minutes before / got complete !,
Ommand of myself" !,
After the sinking of the Laconia on J,
eb. 49, 1917 Rev. Father Wareing was
! the same lifeboat with Mrs. Mary Il. !,
10y of Chicago and her daughter, Miss :,
lizabeth Hoy. Mrs Hoy and her daugh- ).
'r both died of exposure and were bur :
d at sea. !,
Among the other members of the Red
ross party were Professor Dexter of :.
anama, Prof. Whitford Shelton of the = :.
University of Pittsburg Rev William e
olton of Tarrytown n Y, Rev Robert q
oupland of New Orleans, Rev James y
onover of East Greenwich, r. l., and -
lton Clark of Boston. %