The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29

about it at the time was: Torpedo missed in depth. probably under"
 The most delicate titbit of rare luck however, fell to XY-1.
 She let go two torpedoes upon one oc- casion at an enemy who happened at the time to be looking the other way The first was "observed' to broach, i. e., tc break surface in a squatter of white water which would alarm anything with eyes in it's head five miles off. And as if that were not enough, the second made a straight run two-thirds of the distance to the enemys track, when its warhead was ''observed' to explode with a bang which would kill a whale a mile away by mere concussion.
 Enemy dived when torpedo exploded. XY-1 says with terrific brevity; and adds by way of piling Pelion on Ossa: Ut ls believed we made this approach unob- WHY .XY-4 WAS ANGRY There was also XY-4 dhe name of these craft are obviously faked, but the incl dents are noD who, while proceeding en route billet course so and SO speed SC and so, at 0530 sighted a submarine on my starboard bow on the surface and apparently dead in water. She looked to be heading NV. As submarine was not visible to naked eye, due to haze, we as sumed she had not seen us and dove al once, hoping to get into good range un- observed, and headed for it. It appeared to have sighted us about the same time as it was never sighted from our peri scope At 0541 it was heard making cal letters in German code Headed so anc so speed so and so, but did not hear tho beat again At 110o. sighted sub marine on horizon heading in a wester- ly direction about miles distant, barely visible in haze. Swung towards it i'm mediately and submerged on certain course true. 1t was at once known te be a slight chance of contact as the broadside of the boat was presented te our view from the first sighting anc the stern could be distinguished from the bow by white smoke visible witt binoculars. CThen ensue certain tactics which are not matters for promiscuous publicity. Nothing at all could be hearc or seen, so came to surface to LOOK WILL binoculars and there was submarine SUI discernable in haze, evidently travelne fast and hauling away from us. Pur- sued thereafter certain further tactics which also are none of our business. A 12O0.' concluded XY-4 in sour empty handed mood "caine to surface to broad cast war warnings and resumed course.
 But listen to XY-10;
 At a certain noon about a month ago she came to the surface under one en zine, changed course to verify her posi- ton, and sighted an enemy in light con dition She went down like stone t' keep out of sight, and at 13o2-whlch, yo' will remember, is i :02 p. m. among all top side folks-her energy who had been zls zagging on a base course of true north swung around to a southeasterly course Ten minutes later he swung back again t' north. apparently either hunting ann lessly about or attempting rendezvous as XY-10 concluded. At 1884 he submerse' and it was 1420 before she saw him again He was then standing a southerly course dead ahead and in an entirely light con dition, so that KY 10 could make ont th net cutter at his bow, his large gun TOT ward a smaller one aft, his superstructuf built over his ballast tank tops, seVera men about his bridge and one on dec well forward-an very nice and unsus pecting and all very like certain siihou cites XY-10 had of the enemy. "Asking for it,'' said XY-l0, and bega' developing her approach
 At 1455, when her speed and firm course were apparently correct for sho' she let go her torpedoes. one at his boy and the other at his coming tower, as n came on.
 It was their impulse air which gave ne away, for her enemy woke up iHSt'iitis swung hard left to parallel the torped' wakes, emitted a dense black smoke Iron his port exhaust and opened fire With hl after gun But all his shots xY-10 things must have been overs, for she saw nom of them fall with her periscope and "ou engine room force states that they coul' hear them fall into water. He was m doubt handicapped by having pickup gun crew, by his boat swinging rapidl, and by having to fire through the smol of his own exhaust.
 At once XY-10 changed course and sen two more torpedoes after him, snap fir ing this time, but when she poked he periscope up disereetly at 1507, she ''oD served enemy standing at high speed oI course" That was her last sight of him with his tail tucked neatly into the groov' between his legs, fleeing like fright ened coyote.
 Let us close on that. The actions hav' cited are only few out of many pickes up at random in the mother ships ward room, too many to pack into one article Remember please. that they are abso lutely authentic, as have related them I have verified them all from officia sources.
 Copyright, 1918. by the Edward Marshal
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