We sailed out of Brest late in the afternoon of June 1st, having on board many notable passengers. The destroyers _Nicholson_ and _Wadsworth_, two of our most famous sea-fighters, accompanied us. All hands were set for another attack. It was not long in coming. At 7:16 P. M. this same evening, the wake of a periscope was observed on the starboard quarter by Lieutenant Haltnorth, who quickly passed the word to the bridge where it was received by Lieutenant J. J. Jones, the Officer of the deck. A hurried message was sent in to the commanding Officer and at the same time the general alarm was sounded. The fire-control officer on the upper-structure took a prompt and accurate range on the hissing white menace of foam approaching so balefully in the wake of the setting sun. A few short seconds passed, the arrow on the engine room dial plate spun around to “full speed ahead,” and the whirr of the electric warnings quickened the ears of the officers and men on watch in the fire-rooms. The furnace doors flew open and in the streaming light with bent backs and broad shoulders, sturdy young Americans poured coal into the great fires. A volume of thick black smoke issued from the funnels and at the same time number seven gun with a venomous roar, let go a shell of TNT, enveloped in lurid flame and smoke. Number five gun got busy. The breech-plug closed noiselessly, sharp click, the primer inserted accurately by the gun-captain, a smooth “Ready” from his lips, and number five gun hurled a shell of high explosive to blot out from the sea-scape one of the under-sea Hun boats. Number seven gun shot again with a reverberating roar, followed again by number five, the only two guns that could bear upon the Prussian menace. From the signal-bridge, a green and white submarine warning flag was fluttering and the destroyers _Nicholson_ and _Wadsworth_, with their inboard sides awash, turned in a quick endeavor to charge the on-coming “sub.” The _Nicholson_ was nearer and in few minutes number five and seven guns ceased firing, for the _Nicholson_ was in direct range between our ship and the submarine, with huge volumes of black smoke pouring out of her funnels. The _Nicholson_ made a circuit around the “sub” which had submerged and promptly and accurately laid a beautiful barrage of sixteen depth bombs all around the place of disappearance. The explosions from these depth charges shook the big _Leviathan_, nearly two miles away by this time. The _Nicholson_, her blinker lights flashing fitfully through the smoke clouds reported, “We saw periscope of submarine and laid barrage of depth charges around the spot. We will report to our Force Commander.”