With a touch to his machinery he could distance them, no matter what their speed! With a few turns of her engine, the "Terror" would dart beyond their cannon shots! Or, in the depths of the lake, what projectiles could find the submarine?
Five minutes later, scarcely a mile separated us from the two powerful fighters which pursued us.

Our captain permitted them to approach still closer.

Then he pressed upon a handle.

The "Terror," doubling the action of her propellers, leaped across the surface of the lake.

She played with the destroyers! Instead of turning in flight, she continued her forward course.