The evening herald., 1918-04-06
TEN GERMAN SUBS SUNK
BY NAVAL AIRCRAFT OF
GREAT BRITAIN, REPORT

London Nprn Details concern.
ing the destruction recently or ton
German submarines by naval aircraft.
eight os -capinnc- and the others hy
drigihtrs haa been obtained by Tho
Associated pYo-s from admiralty re-
ports Tho first case is described -
fpiiuWr
TN the English channel seaplans
sighted "a Submarine eight miles away.
directly in thu path uf an on-comin,.
couNny ct merchant ships The sea-
piauU diVcd ut ap miles an hour. Tho
Nubmurinc attempted to- submcrEe but
was just uwash uH the scaplaEc res
leased two bonnie. one of which eN-
pludcd on the coming tower The sea-
plane dropped two more bombs inip
%, u.d.t ut the sir bubbles from tho
collapsed submarine. which was of thu
largest type, carrying two guns.
The second case
AT dawn "a sunplnpc sighted
large submarine on the surface. Tho
scaplauc dropped bomb on the "a /
Of the r-ouat and HftcrWprd photo
srnphod the sinking submarine with q
big hole in its deck A second bomb
WaS dropped close tn the submarine
bow aud the t'-boni collapsed
The thlfd yose
Two syuplnna, attacked % large
submarine travelling ON the surface at
fourteen ku,Cs bomb exploded
clusv 90 the coming tower and tho
submarine began tu sink stern first.
Another bomb completed tho work
The fourth case:
Three patrol 'p.anes sighted large
submarins ~ II was uibmcrBing and
dropped two bombs close tu the COW
ming tower causing the submarine 30
urn turtle ANA disappear In a muss ~
OH and wreckagc
Tho fifih case
~ scnpianc sightcd two submn-
rlncs close to the surface and dropped
two bonnie. one bomb was ineffective
but the other hit the deck fairly amid
ships. The submarine was hidden hy
smoke of the explosion Bnd wheu thi
smoke cleared the l-buat was sinl,irs
with both ends in the air II"
The sixth case
"a s,aplnue saw the track Ot
torpedo fired al merchantnan. u
diYcd and sighted In" black shadow
Of the rpbmnrinc we'll below the sur
face. Il dropped two bombs which
both exploded Ciosc 20 the -ul9marino
resulting M large quantity OF OF.
bubbles and wrcckagc
The seventh rase:
Two scaDMucs sighted iF.bUat oa
tho surface ana dropped bomb each
The first bomb cau-cd % heavy list tn
the l'-Doat which began to sink hv
the stern rhc second bomb exploded
Ina the centcr of the swirl demolish-
INK the U-boat'
The eighth ease
"a scaplaue dropped bpmb nu q
submarine ius. cmcrging ana the T..
boat disappeared with heavy list !"
port Tho pilot dropped second
bomb INTO the swirl aud few min
uto~ later patch of OH lan feet long
and twelve feet wide appeared uu N"
surface
The ninth case
"A naval airshlp at midday sighted
a suspicious patch of oil and rirrlcd
It, suddenly a peri-copc broke ~"
SURFACE IN the midst ~ the Oh Tho
airshtp dropped bomb ciose 10 the
prriscupc ana "a series uf bubbles be-
gan appearing indicating that the
damaged Submarine was moving slow
" away under the water S"t"rn
more bombs were dropped iu m" path
Indicated uutu -'tisfnrtur, cvdoH"'
wa obtained ~ the oucuiss dt@rlo.
unn
IN" lruth ouse
An .ir-hip dropped two homIs o,
er 90 submarine which ua. engaged
In ltackiug mrrrhautmru Great
patches cf rr lnd bubblos Indicate.
srtrrc dumngr and trpwler- mal,
thI. comp etc by depth ,h1rp's"