New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1918, Page 9

SRINGING WAR T0 ENENY'S HARBORS! angers and Thrill in Combat With U-Boat Peril Washington, May 20.—The 10ws the story of Britain's be simple tale of the gaunt hting hulks that swing sles from the Arctic down to terid, barring effectively the egress om German ports of naval merchant Ipping. Only the U-boats and peasional ralder have been suce 1 in slipping through the rdon, Although much pout the high seas S been written sclosed—about pbmarine navy en received by the committee on blic informatien an official British tement, made public with the ap- | obation of the Admiralty, telling in ptailed form of the exploits of Bri- Ns in combating Germany with her wvorite weapon. Leaving the home harbors on Eng- world fleets— gray ceaselessly been told but littlo officially eflicient there has has flects, nd less ngland's However tim struck, but she invariably has the satisfaction of hearing the explosion | if the torpedo gets home. “This was the experience of a suh- marine which patrolling one morning off the Ems, hted an enemy de- strover and fired both tubes at a range of yards. As the submarine dived {on firing the result was not seen, but after the lapse of a few seconds there was an exceedingly loud explosion which was distinetly heard twenty- five mileg & e quick sweep around with the two or three minutes later no sign of the destroyer d been fired at, but 400 yards another vessel of the same ope led which d. As the destroyer was not actually seen to be hit at first, it appeared likely that in reality there was only one enemy vessel, but after the hear- ings and distances had been carefuly worked out this did not seem to have been possible. Tn view of the violence of the explosion, it is probable that the magazine blew up and that would account for the rapid disappearance of the ship. “Yet another disappearance of instance of the total the ship may bpe cited. One of our submarines located an enemy submarine ahead of her and giving chase, reduced the range to 400 yards. Two torpedoes were fired and one seen to hit. When the smolke cleared away there was not the vestige of the hostile vessel to be for Your 1 1'Otection Aspirin For the past 14 years Made on the banks of the Hudson Bayer-Tablets and Capsules of Aspirin contain genuine Aspirin. Demand them in the original packages. For sour arotection every Package and.every tablet is plainly and invariatly marked wiih the Bayer Cross— your Guarantee of Puri {he trade-mark “Aspirin” (Reg. U, S. Pat. Off.) is a guarantes that the monoaceticacides salicylicacid in these tablets and cag- sules is of the reliable Bayer manutacture. 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One of the most popular tales of e exploits of British submarines, hich, however, is not contained in pe prepared statement, deals with a pung commander who audaciously ept through mine-infested waters htof the very harbor of Heligoland, e German Gibralt As he allowed periscope to show above the sur- hce for an instant, he caught a fimpse of an enemy U-boat riding wash while the crew, lined up on eck, smiled a greeting to the crowds n shore and aboard harbor shipping 0; Were noisily welcor the perbes” returning from a raid on tho tlantic. A torpedo from the British aft summarily cut short the celebra- on and eliminated the U-hoat a ture menace to Allied vessels. The illiant phase of the achievement is e fact that the English vessel suc- eded in escaping and Teturning to rt unharmed. Besides detailing varlous engage- ents in which British submarines vé accounted for one or more enemy ®r vessels—it is stated that more an forty German warships have en attacked successfully—the re- lew tells of the hardships incident to ptrols in had weather. In winter a cold, clammy chill per- des the submarine and at times the erometer drops so low that the crew :d it difficult to sleep. Spray freezeg pvegal inches thick an the wirelaes itennae, rendering radio communi- ption impossible, while the peri pcomes useless at times because of frosty mantle. The submarine rides very heavily in seaway, and an even keel is diffi- It, to maintain even many fathoms plow the surface. When running on p for the purpose of replenishing e supply of electric motive power, e ventilators must be kept open ith the result that water is shipped in pavy quantities. A Submarine Attack Described. How much respect for the British derseas navy is entertained in Ger- pany is told best in the official narra- ve, which runs as follows: “Venturesome as the enemy is ith his U-boats, he rarely allows his ove-water craft beyond the confines k' his harbors. He well knows that r submarines are ever on the prowl r him, and how vigilant and norough is the watch kept may be athered from the fact that though few opportunities are afforded them r submarines have successfully at- ciiad no less than 40 war- ips. ght and day the search is con- ued, according circumstances ay dictate. The watch is k e surface, or submerged save for the eriscope, or maybe the vessels are on e diving patrol, only coming to the rface every now and again to scan e3 horizon for any hostile cpaft hich may come within reach “A ship being sighted the sul. harine dives to the attack. As the jhip is probably steaming fast on 3 g-zag course a long time 1 efore the submarine is in a ositlon to fire her torpedoes. While {s is going on she must ascertain hether the ship is friend or foe ana all costs she must avoid being seen the periscope is sighted the hostile Jrip will make off with all speed and e odds are that she will get aw n firregular course and great speed ake her a difficult target and if the B 1s smooth she may see the track f the torpedo fired at her and steer to vola it “But In spite of all the difficulties e submarines manage to drive home heir attacks and a few of the esfes may be here recorded. “While patroling between the rn nd the Weser river a arine sighted two lots of destroyer moke to the southeastward. Two nxious hours were spent maneuver- g for position to attack, and then, t a)range of 500 yards two torpedoes ere’ fired, one at the bow and one t the stern, of one of the destroyers. faving fired the torpedoes the sub- arine dived to avoid belng detected, ut a loud explosion told without domht at one of the torpedoes had reached s mark, her hows still standing ertieally out of the water. §Phe other destroyer was sean tdathing at varving speeds and dis- ances around the wreck. 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