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Show TILL! REPORTS OF SMBMES British Admiralty Shows How German U-Boats Meet Their Fate. LONDON, Sept. 30. Another series of thrilling reports from recent naval actions ac-tions against German submarines, illustrative illus-trative of the manner in which the U-boat menace is being met. was given out tonight to-night by the admiralty. The figures are official and authenticated, but no dates are given. The statement begins by reciting how a torpedo gunboat sighted a periscope 600 yards away and pursued It. When at a distance of fifty yards the periscope disappeared and the gunboat passed over the submarine. The impact of the collision col-lision was felt and explosive charges were dropped astern. A seaplane reported patches of oil on the surface, and a mine sweeper found an obstruction on the bottom at this point. A torpedo boat patrolling in the Atlantic At-lantic found a steamer torpedoed and sinking, rescued the survivors and circled cir-cled about t lie locality more than an hour before locating the submarine. The torpedo tor-pedo boat dropped three submarine Ixunhs. Oil and air bubbles reeking of gasoline came to the surface. A British U-boat sighted a German submersible while both were on the suf-face. suf-face. The British submarine dived and later picked up the s enemy through the periscope. A torpedo, fired at R00 yards, caused a violent explosion In the German vessel. When the British arrived they found a patch of oil in which Germans were swimming. A flotilla of mine sweepers was engaged in western channel waters when an explosion ex-plosion occurred between a pair of them, the wire net parting. When the sweeping wire was pulled in two mines were found entangled, one on the ship's side and the other just under the surface. The slightest roll of the ship striking the mine's "whiskers" would have been sufficient to set off an annihilating charge. A second officer with volunteers coolly cut the wire. The mines fell into the sea without exploding. The statement state-ment points out the value of the trailor, which hardly costs as much as a broadside broad-side from a cruiser. The training of mercantile marine officers of-ficers in gunnery tactics Is bearing fruit. A British merchantman was attacked by submarine gunfire from a distance of three miles. The shots were witnessed and she immediately replied. A t the sixth and seventh rounds smoke and flame burst from the fore part of the submarine, which abandoned the chase. Another ship sighted a periscope twentv yards off the beam. While swinging on a "hard-ported helm." a torpedo passed the stern. A minute later a periscope appeared on the surface on the other side. A shot was fired, immediately followed fol-lowed by another, and the submarino disappeared. dis-appeared. The surface was soon covered with yellow oil. |