SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN
MERCHANTMEN ATTACKED,
FOUR VESSELS SUNK
THREE U BOATS LOST.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. g NEW YORK, September 7. The Tribune says that four merchantmen have arrived at an Atlantic port.
The officers stated that a fleet of 22 allied merchantmen sailing to America were suddenly attacked in clear weather. Two periscopes were sighted, one on each side of the fleet. The U boats immediately launched their torpedoes. One struck the merchant flagship, which sank within an hour. Another was hit in the stem. The second merchantman was sunk in half an hour. The merchantmen opened fire quickly, and sank a pair of U boats, whereupon five other U boats emerged and launched their torpedoes, submerging quickly as the merchantmen fired. The officers say that one of these U boats was- positively sunk. Two additional merchantmen were struck and sunk.
A wireless message brought up destroyers, and the merchantmen were convoyed back, and later sailed for America singly.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17105, 10 September 1917, Page 5
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