, 1872-11-30

Tn1thAI hAt nT1rfn
A stafsd in The n',ening Of this startling
rtos1 H. II pssdar Is Jeff to draw his
| avn conclraions
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I The Bremen fsark Goftoi<IfA -ar1'.
| by Pirates when GET Er'Aa asoI.pas- :.
| Gallant Descuce and Sisnal Ucscas OF
the Huish Sen Rzaratsdcrs.
| Fyo,a the Bo7a6uy {E. ~ Gazette: Nou. i.
| The Schlesische Zcitu71g prints the following
abstract from letter Of q young sileslan who
| ia noyY sailing On board the bremen oafR Zorro"
10 ian. ~" ''''''@7 -.
! On AIoudag the 10Th February, 1872, at a. m.,
We raieed the anchor and left the Bombay har-
! bor with moderate breeze blowing Ihe puot
t LETT LETT us at 5 o'clock p. N.
| Our passa;,e over the nineteen degrees which
separate Bombay from the line lasted one and q
| half months, as for weeks wa had the most te-
! .dious calms. We kept always about one degree
from the coast, and had reached the tenth de-
Sas srs9 81 ettrscted ] By three dschunEen," Which
looked a somewhat suspicious. The Captain at
! once took them for pirates. As, however, there
wes steady breeze blowing We hoped to effect
win Wind % died away, but Of the three boats only ono
| remained within sight, which, however gradual
II crept up to us, a. We could see by glass it
| was moved By long oars. It then became appar-
rent that fight was unavoidable, and our Cap
A4tAS0l1+$ RA1ktA~-A~%A-
As ~ vs had come ria Monte Yideo to Bombay,
| we had no cannon, not oven single gun OH
| board, the Cartaine small six-barrelled revolver
| being the only thing in the shape Of arns We
ns,e nnsneezsed
As wo numbered, all hands told, only eighteen,
| md c,c1, of thn nnnmy's boats contained about
four times aa mnny our progpccts were very
I ebony indee5. 10 lar wo could only SEQ one
fRnnt tbe othar two he;nr mt of sight.
IT, r Tas ahont . o'clock n. when the first
bnat came within shooting distance and kept
astern of m. evidently vaiting for the two other
| hoats +o come rr
| T.hov had not long to wait for through the
c,asa xa am cond Ma sce that one was coming up in
f5rnnt ~ na ard the other from the starboard
.' .;9a " o0' 0A~ '
n1uG. M t1ut hal 7.a,+ asforn no7r o,,nnad
| fra ,,non na xc1,;ch hoyavor. did us no harm
oIcant that Gnr con,nasa Lox was damaged and
oAeept fa ts lnas ~, .a,t tJ1r ;,,tn t1a 1;gc;nr
=" - ia r,osntina tba hoat oon:inc ncarer and
~ VIC 4i.a Tar+a;n bad ordorsd the decl
to r. covere1 with boilipg tar. and
~ viii, +h;s reno.;na5 lnmid ve stndded
| - nnn1 ;t, sA0 h-aLan r;1oae 0f course w.
| ~ ~, ~ mi on boots onraclves to
han tnen 20 pnt ~ poosS ar, - 49," res+. =;
ssoau % L5o3 ~ ,ear, oftar Tia frut hoat
iod na,a eonosida t1a ni~ates boarded the
uau !:a oomG 5WaI ailah and cams 1nsnins,
salp, 80 ~. 11rola down "a t1ev ,ti rLc;T
towaIa Us; dney p3uhe t ae wbe q * canran
1eet ta @ H. ;da - 10 borr non1, 1o;ri,t ho
~ 1oat vita shower of ancaTs vent aver
| - I .Ie u1s'' ao''7 0110"0A - 0fN@o
! Ten s Of Us. among whom was; had hatchets,
mne fo1eoNo,e.sIf tne forsrsrd the other amid
,1:,,. ~ N''7N
| -, tba nc-t 1non,cnt va re-a RIGHT among
them and tho most ilorrid butche1y coinmenced
n f,a 1,aantino tho second boat had como
,ea- aud n1aced it7elf uuder our bow: from lie
craa Va hca RI 1ro k1,o,s that there also hand
1a.Land fcht Ind conrenced Will our men,
| OF our division only four were left standing
+: i,oworar' mora or less dangerously wounded /
vas suffering from 3 suear wound in the left
! sloulder.
| S1or1v. and 6ottinr for every inch of ground.
We withdrew towards the stern, while the Malays
cnt off the heads of tLe dead tied them together
! hv the hair aud hung them over the shoulders.
| The Captain was sending ehot after shot nto
the crowd.
We wore well-nigh despairins, for what would
become of Us when tho third boat would arrive
Then, when the cloud or smoke was driven away
! by a sudden gust Of wind, we we're delighted to
see steamer coming up, which moment after
wards opened fire upon the third boat, which
srnk after few ehots.
The pirates jumped into the water and tried to
saye themselves by swimming; but we saw that
the boats from tho steamer Wcre lowered end be.
gan chase after them, while the steamer itsell
this We picked up courage again aud, with a
thJnderi11g Aurrall, We threw ourselves once
| more upon those of the pirates who still re-
NAMED on board, and cut down whoever came IN
onr wny. I theu received another wound in my
rieht am.
7Tha steamer (which turned ont to be an
Englisl eunboa. carrying six guns) had over1un
thn hoat 1yinc under our bow, the same having
been laft nnenarded. and then vent alongside
tha other one. the occupants of which we're also
left in charge tried to row OIL WITH the boat: pu'
few well AIMED ehots 1rom tue sseanief eooh
despatched them
Lie surgeon from LEG e.ealie1 d Atetocu ~ ~ ~
wounded az all OF US, WIN INC eAcens'on " a11e
Captain, we're wounded, ano Ten oeso-a'ione
the latter the first mate.