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Show BHITiSH NAVY i SENDS 001 8 j 00 SJHIT5 Admiralty Gives Out Brief Descriptions of Encounters Encoun-ters in Which the Germans Ger-mans Are Defeated. i LONDON. Sept. It. Stories of some recent re-cent successes of the British navy against German submarines were given to the public tonight in a series of brief descriptions descrip-tions of eigiit encounters In which eight, and possibly nine, U-boats were accounted ac-counted for. These eight' sea battle pic-, pic-, tures were selected so as to cover practically prac-tically the whole ground of anti-submarine activities. ' In one case there was a battle between be-tween an auxiliary cruiser and a submarine; subma-rine; in another an engagement between a seaplane and a submarine; then a battle bat-tle between two submarines, in which the British submarine captain proved himself the better man, and, finally, two tales of successes of armed merchantmen against the enemy. The statement follows: "First From one of our auxiliary naval forces a torpedo was seen approaching on the starboard beam. Tt jumped out of the water when a hundred yards off and struck the engine room near the wat er line, making a large rent 'and flooding several compartments. A starboard lifeboat life-boat was blown into the air, pieces landing land-ing on the wireless aerial. Soon after a periscope was observed just before the port beam. Fire was opened and the first shot hit the base of the conning tower and removed the two periscopes. Many other hits were obtained and the submarine quickly assumed a list to" port and several men came out of the hatch. Tried to Make Off. "The U-boat wallowed along for a space, with the stern almost submerged and oil squirting from its side, and the crew came on deck and waved t heir : hands." At this sign of surrender 'Cease fire' was ordered, whereupon t lie enemy started to make off at a fair speed, hoping hop-ing to disappear in the mist. Fire astain was opened, a loud explosion took place forward and, falling over on his side, the enemy sank. .Two survivors were picked up. "Second One of our small craft sighted an enemy submarine at a distance of 10,-000 10,-000 yards. She maintained her course and five minutes later the enemy submerged and shortly afterward a periscope appeared ap-peared close on the starboard bow for a few seconds and then disappeared. The helm was ported and when over the place where the periscope was seen an explosive ex-plosive charge was dropped. "The ship circled around and dropped another charge. The explosion of this charge was followed after two or three seconds by another much more violent explosion, which shook the vessel from stem to stern. The water became black over a large area and a considerable quantity of thick oil and floats came to the surface. British Submarine Wins. "ThirdOne of our submarines sighted an enemy submarine on the starboard bow and so dived, but. after seeing him through a periscope for n few minutes, lost sight of him. Our boat came to the surface again and three hours later saw the enemy on the starboard beam, two or three miles away. The enemy altered his course and again was iost to view. He again was detected, our course was altered as necessary and when a favorable fa-vorable position was obained a torpedo was fired. A splash was observed close to his stern and a few seconds later the enemy was seen with his stern out of water, smoke hanging around it and the conning tower half submerged. A minute min-ute or two later he disappeared. "Fourth A seaplane proceeded to attack at-tack an enemy submarine which she observed ob-served maneuvering into position to fire a torpedo at a passing merchant ship. Before Be-fore the seaplane arrived over the submarine sub-marine the latter submerged, but three bombs were dropped ow the position where he disappeared. Five minutes later a large upheaval "was noticed where the bombs were dropped. This could best be compared to a huge bubble rising some distance above the level of the sea and distinctly visible for a" minute or more. There was no further sign of the submarine. subma-rine. Exploded Under Water. i "Fifth A patrol noticed a wake with a considerable amount of foam traveling parallel to her course a short distance away. She crossed the wake and dropped an explosive charge over it. Almost im- mediately a second clia'rge was dropped and a'rter It had exploded another explosion ex-plosion took place. Oil and bubbles cams to the surface. "Sixth One of our naval forces hearing hear-ing gunfire steered for the position and soon sighted an enemy submarine on her bow. Fire was opened and a hit obtained. ob-tained. A large explosion resulted, but its effects quickly disappeared to reveal re-veal no sign of the enemy. "Seventh Two submarines attacked a defensivelv. armed merchant vessel. The first submarine fired a torpedo at close raftie which missed and the ship sank the submarine by gunfire. The second submarine then attacked the ship by gunfire, gun-fire, but was damaged and driven off. "F.lglith A defensively armed merchant vessel encountered a submarine which endeavored to attack at close range. The ship opened fire, hitting the submarine twice, and caused it lo disappear vertically. ver-tically. The sea appeared to boil for a considerable time after." |