Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-12
escort or conveyed ship having seen

escort or conveyed ship having seen
anything. Half an hour later a sub
marine was sighted. Our defending
boat shelled tho enemy. then rammed
him. sustaining u severe shock In con-
tact and then blew him UP. Tho usual
oil and wreckage came to tho surface.
and couple OF German sailors were
seen swimming. Our men succeeded
In rescuins one. and then the U-boat
ighter returned to the torpecJed oiler
and towed her into port. IA very
creditable performance" says tho Ad-
miralty.
a German submarine grounded one
morning, but well was she shadow cd
that group of drifters was waiting
on her before she knew 1t. Although
these vessels were outrangcd by the
enemy's guns, they engaged him in
gallant fashion. under a heavy fire all
the time They were Joined by one OF
H. NJ. ships ten minutes after the en-
Sagement opened. and the submarine
abandoned the action. We ceased nre.
and shortly afterwards the Uboat
blew up.
A typical report of the captain OF
n submarine thus describes a hunt:
10 a. N. Sighted hostile submarine.
Attacked same.
1880 a. NJ Torpedoed submarine
Hit with one torpedo amidshps. Sub
marine seen to blow up and disappear.
Surface to look for survivors. Put
fred at me.
BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS
GERMAN U-BOAT'
Another -ubmarine, after two
hours chase. accounted for German
underwater boat. While mancuvering
10 attack, our submarine had TO pass
through shallow water and as the sea
vas rough at the time. she frequently
bumped the bottom heavily. but. for
tunately avoided breaking surface. At
range of 500 yaris both tubes were
fred. Fifteen or twenty seconds after
| firing dull report was heard
On the periscope being raised. moth
ing was seen Of the enemy. but there
was a great disturbance in the water
where she lad been On proceeding
to the spot, the water was found TO
be covered with An oily substance.
which stuck TO the glass OF the peri
scope obscuring vision.
Motor launches detected subma rine
under water. and took UP the chase.
The submarine realized she was being
pursued, and stopped every time the
launches stopped. So tn game o,
! blind mans buf went on until at last
the launches had Unanswered into the
desired position, and then they laid
! their eggs" There were some under
water e"piosions--a quantity of oil
which spread Itself over She surface
OF the sea--and nothing more.
An armed tra%ler sighted peri
scope about 100 yards distant. and the
German made equal haste to submerge.
AZ the ,rawler passed over the spot u
couple OF bombs were dropped. and the
| next thing visible was a large quantity
OF oil. which covered an area OF about
1000 yards.
one morning British submarine
sighted C-hoat. The British boat
dived and altered course. and fifteen
minutes later che again picked up the
German by means OF her periscope.
Twenty-Five minutes after having frs,
sighted the enemy. the British boat
discharged torpedo. and about sixty
seconds later a sharp explosion was
heard. The british boat found a patch
OF oil and three men swimming In II.
Two were picked up, but the third
sank A destroyer on convoy duty
spotted C-boat half mile away. and
gave chase. Tho destroyer dropped an
egg" into the swirl caused BY the
Germans disappearance. and the un-
derwater explosion drove wreckage and
portions OF the submarine up to the
surface.