ATTACK BY SUBMARINE.
EXPERIENCE OF 41st D-RAFT,
The convoy to which the transport taking the 4lst Reinforcements to England was attached was attacked three times by submarines when a day's gleam from its destination (says the Auckland. "Herald").
The first warning came about 10.30 a.m., when the signal indicating that a submarine had been sighted was hoisted. Destroyers camo into action immediately and gunfire and depth charges prevented the enemy doing any damage. Ono torpedo-boat destroyer steamed at right angles across the wako of tho convoy, and emitted great volumes of dense black smoke, which, settling on the water, formed an cffectivo screen. Another attack was made soon after midday.; and this time a destroyer signalled that she had sunk a submarine— a fact which created the greatest enthusiasm. Later in the afternoon a third attack was beaten off successfully.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16411, 3 January 1919, Page 7
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140ATTACK BY SUBMARINE. Press, Volume LV, Issue 16411, 3 January 1919, Page 7
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