Then I awoke; and, lo, before me stood
The visioned ones, but pale and full of fear;
From Bruges they came, and Antwerp, and Ostend,
No carillons in their train. Vicissitude
Had left these tinkling to the invaders' ear,
And ravaged street, and smoldering gable-end.
War Correspondence
A Month of German Submarine War
By Vice Admiral Kirchhoff of the German Navy
Under the heading, "A Month of U-Boat War," Vice Admiral
Kirchhoff of the German Navy discusses the German submarine
warfare against merchant shipping in its first month. The
article, appearing in the Hamburger Framdenblatt of March 19,
1915, is reproduced:
On March 18 a month had passed since the beginning of our sharp
procedure against our worst foe. We can in every way be satisfied with
the results achieved in the meantime! In spite of all "steps" taken
before and thereafter, the English have everywhere had important losses
to show at sea--some 200 ships lost since the beginning of the war,
according to the latest statements of the Allies--so that even they
themselves no longer dare to talk about the "German bluff."
On the new and greater "war zone" established by us, our submarines have
known how to work bravely, and have been able, for instance, to operate
successfully on a single morning on the east coast, in the Channel, and
in the Irish Sea.
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