PRISONER ON PIRATE U-BOAT
AMERICA* SKIPPER'S STORY
Captain Benjamin Bragg, commander of tho Amorican barn.uentine Hildegard, which was destroyed by a. German submarine in the English Channel early injury, subsequently related m hew \qrk his experience with the submarine and her commander before, during, Mid after the sinking of his ship. "We left Bal- . tiraore," said Captain Bragg, in April wtth a. cargo of lubricating oil, and eafely reached the other «de and discharged. I had-a..c l ew,oi_eMon men, , and we started on the return trip ;on jSIT £ Coming through the English Channel, we W ere twelve. mil« «mth-wat. of Start Point when a. submarine hove in sight and fired one shot at us. She wasn't more than, five rards away but glio didn't hit Uβ, and I or- . deVed the boats cleared away and the crew to prepare to abandon ship. Wβ swung out two boats .and .the .crew got. tSaar :" b ™K t ?i*o :i."rfii" nTessthat there was-an E.«lishm.n close be. foil and two destroyere.were seen rfthe mSi set tho fusee, and then l. A- tn Hie submarine in my boat. niany wocks. . , ..
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3191, 15 September 1917, Page 7
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185PRISONER ON PIRATE U-BOAT Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3191, 15 September 1917, Page 7
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