CONTENTS [Foreword by the Translator]vii [Introduction by John Hays Hammond, Jr.: The Challenge to Naval Supremacy]xiI.[Ordered to command a Submarine]1II.[Breathing and Living Conditions under Water]6III.[Submersion and Torpedo Fire]17IV.[Mobilization and the Beginning of the Commercial War]39V.[Our own Part in the Commercial War and our First Captured Steamer]53VI.[The Capture of two Prize Steamers]74VII.[Off the Coast of England]97VIII.[The Method of Sinking and Raising Ships]122