A THREE HOURS' FIGHT
SUBMARINE DAMAGED.
LONDON, 9th June.
A submarine attacked the steamer London at night time, during a heavy sea. The lightning and flares revealed the aggressor three cable lengths off. Tlie conflict continued for three hours, amid zig-zagging and smoke screens. The Germans fired forty rounds ineffectually, while the British, gunners scored three hits out of ten shots. The submarine, after rapidly diving, reappeared, her aft part above water, and her fore end submerged. Six Germans clambered out of the conning-tower and proceeded ait to examine the damage, and the steamer escaped. . • -
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 138, 11 June 1918, Page 7
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95A THREE HOURS' FIGHT Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 138, 11 June 1918, Page 7
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