The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-12-25
EYE WITNESS Tells
HOW TEDT0NS LOST
Conqueror Of Tsingtau and Cow
cruOr Of Kiao-chau Has Poor
Opinion Of Airships
tcontinned From Pare So

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At this stage OF the operations the
-GermaHs manned the inner thrce.milc
line Of entertainments, and continued
a stul born resistance with about $500
men, until the Japanese had dug their
way up TO within a dozen metcrs Of
this position, and when the final ~
sault on the night % November 8 ear
ried them Though this line, the fuIth
or defense Of the city WIS worse than
hopeless.
The comparatively few Germans in
the trenches were menaccd front and
rear and wonld have been shot IKE
rabbits had. theB not surrendered.
Naval Bombsrdment Ineffective
| During thc naval hombafimcut
which continued Theoretically dufiue
the land operations, Mr. Brace said.
part Of the garrison was required 70
man the seacoast fortiications, anil
these were only Withdrawn at the last
minute TO take their plact In the
trenches, when toe Jnpanesr had
closed in almost 70 the eity The nav.
Al bombardment, for the most part.
was surprisingly Ineffective NJ. Brace
said the warships did not come closer
on the average than nine miles, which
| itAt. tHCul Wtll uht OF IHHkt o. N||
seacoast guns, but at the Same time
rendered them unable 10 rlafe their
rhots effectively, although they knew
the city wcli.
few OF the bccIve-inch naval
shells landed on the forts and inaiei-
ed considerable damage. flowing up
one gun and killing tho entire gun.
4 crew. The British baitleship Triumph.
mounting ten-inch guns. came IN much
closer on one oceasion and the Germans
sent she'll through two decks Killing
and injuring a few men, but not scrI|
ously dameging the ship, which, how
ever, withdrew
Spectacular Aerial Attack
4 Mr.. Brace said that the Japanese
had eight naval air hips constantly 1T
work az throwing bombs into the city
aud accommodating. -Four Of these
were aeroplancs and four were hydro
aeroplanes. They dropped more than
200 bombs, with practically no milf
tary effect although they fred and de.
stroyed the polo club and some other
non-military buildings The tonhs
siriking the ground would burst and
send their contents upward, outwufds.
and the garrison were Instructed 10
throw themselves fat upcn the ground
whenever machine nesscd overhead.
The noise Of the machines and the
whirring noise nndc By the dropping
bombs soon rot TO be familiar sound.
D and had fow terrors for the garrison,
Mr.. Bruce said
y. Daring German Aviator
The Germans had one Incompetence
taken from Shanghai three days be-.
fore hostilities were declared. ~
! lieut. Gunthcr PluSrhow. German
: naval onieer, who was the sole Ger
man means Of Reconnaissance during
the land attack BY Tho Allics forces.
Que observation balloon sent up was
fred upon and no longer used bni the
German aviator made daily trips aIoft.
and was shot at and thfapnelcd many
times without effect, and on onc oc|
. easion hal revolver duel with & Japn.
|. rese aviator whose machine was be-
low him. Neither was hurt.
n Mr.. Bruce said the allied forces. par.
tic6larly the British. hal tho ffcoffsI
respect for Lieutenant Pluseh6w, who
picked out the white tents Of the
British from the Japanese Khaki some
,iistance awav from Tsinetsu. and
hAinl arled them with homo made.
bombs made from coffee cans, dfna-
rite ard nails. but doing iittis damage.
Airman ESCAPES; Aboard Mongolia
After the surrender, Mr.. brace said.
he interviewed Lieutenant General
KsInio, the Japanese commander, who
told him the small damage Inflicted BY
the Japanese aviators confirmed his
own estimates, aud ssid he had always
trltea with grain Of salt the reports
Of the naval aviators regarding the
usmaee they were INJECTING.
u is Of particular interest TO hoio
that when the surrender wils inorii.
able ana bnt TOW honrs away, the
Gcrman aviator flew away from Tsiue
tan on bis manoflane ana wis sup
i posed 70 have landod IN Chinese Ierl|-
tory and TO have been interucd That
was the last Mr.. Rraee bad heard 81
him, but there was a story among the
LfSepgers on the MONGOLIA that u.
r. MeGafyinn one Of the passengers.
was none other than the daring Ger
man officer The Associated Press
man WIS nnahlc 20 confirm the report.
Mr.. Brace said the Japanese and
Ihitish commanders at TslnQtan rnve
the German commander the rroalost
credit for the manner in which he
hell ort FOR three months with the
mal force and the slight resources at
{ hand. While there was some dis.
position on tbe Part OF uninfofmcd
perstns 10 china eofst 20 criticize
Captain Waideck for sprrendeyine, Mr..
Breeze said the csders y'ere 10 hold out
RS long az 20 le, whirh was certain.
ly dore. and that any further resist.
anee would have dwindled down to in,
d'yidual combats within the city ia
which each Gefman soldier woold have
had several opponents, and II would
have Teen the rankest folly not TO SUR
render.
We said that by informed persons
Captain Waldeek was pivon the grcnt.
Isl credit for conductive such 4 skill'
full and prolonged defense, With "a
few casualties, thus accomplishing all
that any officer could end without
sacrificing needlessly the lives Of prac'
tlealN the entire male German com.
munity on the China coast