CHASING THE U-BOATS

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4875, 22 May 1918, Page 5

CHASING THE U-BOATS

AMERICAN AIRMEN AT WORK. MELBOURNE. May 10 The following official wireless news has been made available by the American Consul-General Now York.—The Committee of Public Information has received .lie following from the London office. “The American navy is making the same fine record in the air as, by its destroyers and patrols, m European waters. Two recent attacks upon submarines by Americans in Bntish seaplanes -have won officml commen dation. An ensign of the >aval Reserve attached to the Aviation be vice reports :-;With a British observer, I left for a patrol m a British seaplane. Half an hour ater we sighted a periscope cfirectly ahead and immediately opened > the en me full and attacked, dropping a bomb which landed a few feet ahead of the periscope. Great quantities o • bubbles came to the surface of water, and after a moment the sui rounding water began to boil. i turned, attacked again, and tms time dropped a bomb twice the size of the first. It landed near the centre of the first disturbance, and a mass of oil appeared on the smiam, liesidc the debris left by the bomo itself. The second disturbance continued for some time. I«rcledtiu) hours before returning to the base, warning the merchant ships nearby.^ Naval flyers are not limited . activities. A lieutenant of the Vnrt ed States navy joined .a Bng k bombing squadron m the area., after‘flying service in the Italian waters. Tie repeatedly P L ed the enemy’s air barrage ove . Flanders aerodromes, and P arto °J c ,,, ! boding exploit m a ggal battle beginning on .March 21. • H VLe raid ine was repeatedly / lilt in tne over Zcebrugge; one wing anc Pof the rudder were shot away. ft several times drove away maejunes attacking him at close quarters.