The evening world., 1889-01-26

dynamite guns, of which she carried some of
very long range Tor this class OF artillery. and
she had been ordered to get aStern of the re-
peller aud do her best to put a few dynamite
bombs on board of her.
The dynamite gunboat therefore had kept
ahead at full speed determined to carry out
her instructions if she should be allowed to
do so, but her speed was not rs great as that
of n crab. and when the torpedo-boat bad
given mp the chase and the dreaded crab was
drawing swiftly near, the captain thought it
time for bravery to give place to prudence;
With the large amount of explosive material
of the most tremendous and terrific character
which he had on board, it would be the in
sanity of courage for him to allow his com
paratively small vessel to be racked, shaken.
ana partially shivered by the powerful jaws
nor fight. he hauled down his flag in token of
surrender, the first instance of the kind which
had occurred in this wal.
When the director of Crab Q, through his
lookout-elass, beheld this action on the part
of the gunb0at he was q little perplexed as to
what ne should next do. To accept the sur
render of the British vessel, and to assume
control of her 1t was necessary to
cate with her. The communication of the
crabs were made entirely by black smoke
signals. and these the captain of the gunboat
could not understand. The heavy matches in
the mailed roof, which could be put in use
when the crab was cruising, could not be
opened when she was at her fighting depth
and in a tossing sea.
A means was soon devised Of communi-
eating with the gunboat. A speaking-tube
was run up through one of the air pipes of
the crab, which pipe was hen elevated some
distance above the surface. Through this the
director hailed the other vessel, and as the
mir pipe was near the stern of the crab, and
therefore at a distance from the only visible
portion of the turtle-back roof, his voice
seemed to come out of the depths of the
ocean.
The surrender was accepted, and the cap
tain Of the gunboat was ordered to stop his
engines and prepare to be lowed. When this
order had been gwen the crab moved round
to the bow of the gunboat. and, grRsping
the cutwater with its forcepS, reversed its en-
gines and began to back rapidly towards the
British feet, taking Will it tho captured ves-
sci Us a protection against torpedoes while in
transit.
The crab slowed up not far from one of the
foremost of the British ships, and coming
round to the quarter of the gunboat, the
astouished captain of the vessel was informed
through the speaking tube that if he would
give his parole TO keep out of this fight he
would he allowed to proceed to his anchorage
IN Portsmouth harbor. The parole was given
and the dynamite gunboat, after reporting to
the flagship. steamed away to Portsmouth.
The situation now became one which was
unparalleled in the history of naval warfare.
On the side Of the British, seven war ships
were disabled and drifting slowly to the
southeast. For half an hour no advance had
| cen made by the British feet, for whenever
one OF the large vessels Lad steamed ahead,
such vessel had become the victim Of q crab,
and the ce-Admiral commanding the feet
had signalled not to advance until further
orders.
The crabs were also l~yine-to, each to the
windward OF and not far from one of the
British ships. They had ceased to make any
| attacks and were resting quietly under pro-
lection of the enemy. This, with the fact
that the repeller still lay four miles away,
without any apparent intention of taking part
in the battle, gave the situation it's peculiar
Go b Continued Aonday.l