Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
Deutschland Comes nart.

There were six U-boats which made
the voyage from wiIhelmshaven or some
other German port 10 the region Of
American waters in iplS-the U-ibi.
the TT-Ih6. the U-Ia0 the U-if1. the
T-I65 and the T-1b2 The U-i55 was
tho Deutschland. which doubtless. YOU
remember as the submarine that ar
rived in Baltimore on a July Sunday
in 1916. and was hailed az marvellous
demonstration Of German enterprise
and intrepidity. Some Of US have won
dered since whether Il was also
demonstration az German foresisht--in
other words, an experimental voyage
in peaceful auiae. 10 determine whether.
should we get into the war on tho allied
side Il would be possible 60 do a little
sinking of our coast.
However that may he. when the
Deutschland returned as the U-l6h she
came armed with powerful guns and
carrying torpcdoes,
SPACE will not permit the detailed mar
rative OF the exploits Of this sextet of
I-hoats. ] will limit myself 20 one or
two OF the more striking incidents con-
ncCted with each Of them. / gave them
| above in the order of their arrival.
big Killing June 2.
The U-l5i was playing about not far
from our coast for some days before
she disclosed her presence. Report had
| come TO us that steamers had been
sunned al sea and that an unfriendly
| nerisrone was headed in our direction.
| pror,pted bv these we sent broadcast a
! special warming on May 10. On May ~
| the Nyanza was gunned 500 miles from
| our coast. When the U-161 made her
| big killing on June 2. she had on board
| the crews of three small schooners she
had sunk some days before Though
/ she sank a number Of vessels. her visit
/ was brief. She began her homeward
| tourney on June 13. and reached her
| German port on Aug l.
| The shelling of the Perth Amboy, a
1 ting and three barges within sight oil
| Cane Cod. Mass was the work OF the
! Ir.156. which left Germany about the
/ time the C-151 was starting nome She
| began work in American waters III jury
! Her exploit in shelling tug and barges
aroused general indignation and con-
tempt There were forty-one persons on
the barges. including three women and
iye children The U-boat's torpedoes
missed their mark. but her shells set
FIRE to the barges and they ultimately
sank. The U-i56 did a good deal OF
/ damage. but we had our revenge. on
her way back to Germany she ran afoul
| of the North sea mine barrage, compos-
cd almost wholly of American mines
| laid bv American vessels. and was SO
1 badly damaged that she sank. Twenty
one of her survivors were landed on
the Norwegian coast; the fate OF the
rest is unknown.
U-Boat Sinks Light Ship.
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later than the U-156, and worked in
| American waters in July and August
She chiefly distinguished herself by the
wanton sinking of the Diamond Shoals
| light shin. off Cape Hatteras. Near the
end of August, after a temporary dis
| anpearance. she came up again away &c
the north She sank the British steamer
| Diomed and next day attacked the
| PIeiades. The latter returned her nrt
and the U-14O, damaged ana ieaking
ouit the fight The U-117, more receh
arrival. went to her aid. and accom-
| panied her back to Kiel, where they ar
rived on oct. 25.
The Deutschland, or the U-155, ar
rived early in August. She made ran
record for damage done before she re.
| turned home. 1t was the Deutschlaho
which fought a duel with the U. >. >
| Frank II. Buck, in which the u-boat so'
the worst of it. The Buck reporteu eiia
| two of her shots took erect anu 'ht
| Deutschland submerged. She was ho'
| injured enough to put her out Oh COM
mission. however. few days iateI we
hoard from her again sinking ships
| Rrt On September 13 she ran into an
other chosen victim which declined &c
he victimized without an argument. The
| british merchantmen, Newby Han, re-
| turned her fire, and a shell put her Tor
ward gun temporarily out Of action. The
| U-155 made off
| For a week she seems to have engaged
| in mine-laying off Halifax and the Nova
| Scotian coast Then she got back ir
the fighting game and had battle with