The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29

the boats crew 90 men and ! officer)
while following the big cruiser TO. tor
pedO her. IL was believed these fellows
had been lost and their mates on board
never dreamt ~ seeing them again.
Some German survivors We're put
aboard a destroyer and they Were
cheorrd by the British tars. who were
anxious % hear tho news from them \
German stpkcr said they did not want
to fight England and IT was too much
Germany fighting % many countries.
II was terrible 20 hear the cries Of the
wounded IN tn, water and we did not get
charC" TO- pick them ny. The men on
the sinking DESTROYER stuck to their
guns To m" last and they We're firing at
their own men who Owed for our ships.
Some had lifebelts on and the officers
/ tried Ia friEhten them by saying the
British would put them in front OF their
guns. We had only two hurt
Fran CW room offccr on II. ".
hattie cruiser Mrmciblc 10 his parents
az Horc
The particular ship we were engaged
E.th was "a a p!tiful plight wNcl We
rad finished with her. Her tunnels sho,
away. masts lettering. great gaps "
daylight IN her sides. sm oke and flame
I'lCh.ug from her everywhere Shc
speedily heelei over and sank like A
stone. stern first. so far as T. known
r''c of her crew was saved She was
gam" To :he last. let II he said her fia-
Iiving til sh" sank. her guns barking
. III they could bark no more Although
We suffered no loss We had some very
harrow escapes. Three torpednes were
Observed to pass US. ono { * sArl
within . few feet. Four inca shells
.oo. fell SHORE, ur were a5cad If ne The
so was aliv3 with the cnemy's sub
marines whic', however. luckily iii nu
damage. They should not he under
rated. these Germans. They've got
CUTS. That cruiser did not think APP
parently Of surrender.
From bIucinCkrt ~ the North Sea
10 has friends ~ Jdrrolr:
ON August "a we made a dash FOR
/ the German coast and were lucky
enough to come across two German
cruisers Then the fun started. We
pursued one. and when ! tell YOU We
can do thirty knots YOU can imagine
what chance she had Of getting away
she was heavier boat than us. and
the engagement lasted four hours. At
'i end of that time she was a tor
? rihlc sight. She was on fire from stem
To stern. the Germans were jumping
Hoard, and at the finish only seven
! teen out of 400 were saved II is a
ta'' that the Germans only STAYED ~
their guns under the orders OF thor
1 officers, who stood over them with ro-
( volvcrs, Tire" dozen of their bodies
which were picked up bore marks u'
I revolver shots Five days every week
/ for the last four weeks We have swcp,
; the North Soa. and all we discovered
were the aforesaid two cruisers and
about a dozen trawers. which We sauk
I There is no sign of tho big German
. navy. They are in Kiel harbor. and
/ IL they come out well. there will he 10
/ German navy left The only things
/ they are using are mines and suhma
rinrs. In fact. the sn-callcd German
navy is "A "washOut." We have been
/ within ten miles Of their base and they
Will not come out.
! From seaman Gunner Brotcp 10 hi,
p"rcntS ~ Newport, Isle ot WIGHT:
! We and another ship in our squadron
came across two German cruisers We
routed one and started on the second
! hut battle cruisers soon finished he:
off, Another then appeared. and aftoI
We had plunked Two hroadsides into her
she slid off in flames, Every man die
/ his hit, and there was q continuous
| stream of Jokes. We pcnclled on the
projcctilrs, Love from England" zone
for the Kaiser" and other such mes
! SagCs.
Tn" sight of sinking German ships
was gloriously terrible tunnels and
maStS lying about In all directions. and
amdShips huge furnace. the burning
steel looking like big bah Of sulphur
| There was not the slightest sign NJ
! fear. from the youngest to the oldcs,
man ahuard.
| From man in a warshipS engine
rOOm
We stayed down there keeping the
engines going AT their top speed IN or
der to cut on the Germans from their
fleet We could hear the awfu, din and
the scampering OF the tars on the deck
las they rushed about from point 70
point We could hear the shells crash l..