AMERICANS BAFFLE U BOAT gun crem puts up four hour fight refusing to surrender washington how ilow the tile nn nani at gun crew crem of at the american ri J L Lue luckenbach lenbach successfully fought olt ott for four hours tile lie attacks of a german submarine until a dest racing 0 to o he lie steamers amcis rescue forced hie the U bout bot to bubo urge vas mas told saturday Sat in an official account by the nav nay depart ment the engagement described took place october 10 19 while the vessel was en n route to a french port part the U boat the merchant craft to a heavy shelf alre that injured seven lain started a small blazo blaze aboard and temporarily put the engines out of commission