SUBMARINE TACTICS.
Mr. A. H. Pollen says that until 19th February of this year it was almost incredible that the submarine ■would have been used for any other purpose than attacking warships. Sir Percy Scott had argued in favour of the absolute superiority of the submarine, but it was a fact that no modern battleship on either side had been touched by an underwater craft, which showed )hat the fear of the undersea vessel had been greatly exaggerated. In the French War we lost ien ships a week for a period of ten years ; up to the present 200 ships bad beep sunk, ! and of these seventy were neutral vessels. The submarine had brought every discredit on Germany in practising herblockade, and hid not brought About tha uaaulia ttaHeecs -s*s^4- "" '
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 86, 9 October 1915, Page 10
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130SUBMARINE TACTICS. Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 86, 9 October 1915, Page 10
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