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Show Aft-American Squadron of 140 Planes Attacks Enemy. EXCELLENT RESULTS U. S. Destroyers Join Exciting Submarine Hunt and Succeed. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 19. 11 a. m (By the Associated Press.) All the aviators who tool: part in the all -American bombing expedition behind the German lines northwest of j Verdun Friday have been accounted for. One of the 1-10 airplanes taking part in the raid had been reported missing but it returned during the night. Ltilesl reports from the different squadrons show that these scout planes in protecting the bombers brought down twelve enemy machines. Observers report that excellent results re-sults were obtained at the various points bombed by the expedition. While the bombing squadrons attavk-ed attavk-ed the towns and villages, two squadrons squad-rons of pursuit airplanes, flying at low altitudes, attacked enemy troops along the roadways with bombs and machine gun fire. Destroyers in" Submarine Hunt. AMERICAN NAVAL BASE, France, (Continued on Page 4.) Yankee Bombers j Raiding (Continued from Page 1) I Oct. 11. (Correspondence of the As- ( sociated Press.) Ten American de- V stroyers took part in a successful sub- f marine hunt on August 9. They were I heading south in column when tho J leading destroyer sighted a periscope r to her port bow and gave chase. The t submarine submerged but the destroy- er steamed ahead of her and dropped two depth bombs in her path and then) let go fourteen charges in a circle. 1 1 Suddenly the bow of the submarine I emerged and became the target for the shells of the destroyer. As the submo- f rine again submerged, apparently helpless, tho destroyer passed directly over her and dropped two charges on i her at a depth of twenty feet. Nothing further was seen of the German and is believed the craft was destroyed. Swift Dash at U-boat. Another encounter followed a sub- marine aiiacK on a Dig American re- ; pair ship entering port here. The submarine's sub-marine's torpedo, fired at close range, just missed the rudder of the American Ameri-can vessel. An American destroyer dashed to the attack and dorpped a barrage of depth charges A streak of oil came to the surface, indicating the submarine was following a zig zas course. Another destroyer and several submarine chasers joined in the hunt dropping depth charges on oil patches along the route. It is believed the submarine sub-marine was damaged and that several days later It was destroyed by a depth charge. Unusual activity wa3 displayed by tho submarines in the Bay of Biscay for two flays on August 5 "and 6. One American destroyer reported that she had destroyed or damaged a largo enemy submarine on the 15th. But the same three American freighters were attacked and two of them, tho Mon tanan and the Subore, wero sunk. oo |