This fine drawing by Charles Bryant, an Australian artist now in London, illustrates an incident which was cabled out to us a few days after the outbreak of war between Great Britain and Germany:—"A British cruiser squadron in the North Sea sighted a submarine flotilla, only the periscopes of the latter being [?] above water The cruisers coolly pretended not to see the submarines, and deceived the Germans, who steamed within range. The Birmingham then saw its [?]ortunity, and, steaming full speed ahead, fired at the periscope of one submarine, and shattered it. Thus blinded, the submarine rushed on under water [?] danger of self-destruction through collision with the cruisers or its own consorts. The latter, recognising that their attack had been frustrated, steamed off. The cruisers knew that the sightless submarine must come to the surface, and when the c[?] tower appeared the Birmingham prepared for a second shot. There was 111st time to see the distinguishing number of the submarine when the shot struck the base of the conning-tower, where ihe vessel was awash. The whole of the upper structure was ripped up, and the submarine sank like a stone." ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), Wed 21 Oct 1914, Page 20
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