The Louisiane was attacked, passengers stated, after the captain had refused to give food supplies to a U-boat which had stopped her. The submarine pumped several shells into the vessel.
The First Oficer was killed out. right by one of the shells. Several women and children were wounded while taking to the boats. The Bretagne underwent a similar ex-Derience under fire and seven passengers were killed.
Many of the lifeboats on the Bretagne were holed by the German submarine's shells and could not be used although the crew made heroic efforts to lower the boats before they could be hit. A large number of passengers thought, when the alarm was given, that it was merely a signal for lifeboat exercises. They tumbled out on deck to find themselves under severe shellfire, Landed in England today, all the survivors found the welcome extended them by British families touching in its sympathy and generosity.—Havas.
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