12:30
It was better to run the gauntlet of the submarines on top of the water . Torpedoes passed close , but Frank maneuvered the little vessel from port to starboard and back again so rapidly that none struck home . And at last Frank , watch in hand , felt that the submarine was safely out of the danger zone . His watch showed 12:30 . Frank strained his ears to catch the explosion that would tell him the deadly mines had done their work . The attacking party , led by Jack Templeton , Captain Jack and Captain Glenn , advanced across the clearing toward the unsuspecting German settlement at a run . The distance was perhaps two hundred yards and Captain Jack felt that if this distance could be transversed without discovery , the success of the raid was assured .