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

ing against tho side Of tho ship or
shr.ekiug overhead aS they passed
harmlessly into the water. and we knew
that at any moment one might strike
Us IN vital part and send rs below
never 10 come up again. Ii is ten times
harder on the men whose duty is IN the
engine room than for those on deck
taking part IN the fighting. for they at
least have the excitement Of the fight.
aud II the ship IS struck they have more
than sporting chance ~ escape. We
have none, and the medals and pats on
the back when the frht IL Won are not
for III. who arc orly common mechanics
From seaman Jdck DiDqctt 81 West
Brom,riCb IA his hrothcr.
You VII have heard of our l.,t'e
job in the North Sea. We sank
, five ships and ran few of.
/ or course IL was only trial spin.
We kicked on las, Friday about = in
the mornlng and W. won 5--nu Not
bad. considering We are playing away
! Their gOalkerpcrS could not hold Us.
"" were 50 hot our forwards shot,
I beautifully and our defence was sound
W" agreed I" pay extra time II We had
no. finished, hut y" had done IN time
| II must not he Thought that We had
/ 4 all our own way. for they wor" very
brave and fought until one of our boy.
I 1red shot az the last gun in tho
Ma.nz and bow the whole gun and
crew as well into the sra one pf our Of
I icors Ind both hts legs Blown of and
still shouted ont to give the Germans an
other. w" are All getting ready for the
! hig match Of the season now when their
battle fleet chooses 10 como out one
German officer We got out OF the water
asked: Are YOU British" When our
officer replied, "Yes,' he sad God
/ help us They though, We were tho
French f.ct.
= From n seaman oH n ". s H,drtU.
The destroyer Laurel seems t. have
suffered the most Sh" had one funnc,
carried right ava" and the others
ridd!"d like pepperhoX. ono Shol,
/ struck her right forward, went through
| her hulkhead, through one galley door
and out through the other. The cookie
was in there a. m" time. hut it missed
him and cut through the other side
OF the ship That cook was born under
a lucky star. us on tho bridge and
around Tia" guns where they suffered
most On tho TahortH's bridge 'Nerv-
4 body except ono Wa kiI'd, n ft,t,
they SAY they wore never sccn since.
/ Poor devils They must have boon
carried right overheard, Tho skipper
/ OF IN" Laurel had both his less shot
away
The scout Nrothusa came IN last.
She brought 100 Germans picked up
, III the cruiser Mainz We didn't see
them they were landed down al sheer
, ness. They've" got ono keepsake off her.
! They picked mp German officer hut
he died and they buried him at sea.
| They've got his uniform hnugnc mp
! The cooks on the Are.husa we're not
So lucky Two cooks were IN rho
galley. JUS having their rum when
a shell killed one aud blew the other
arm or. \ funny thing, they've got
a clock hanging ur. 1t smashed the
glass and one hand but the blooming
things still going.
From Scdmdn on n. w. dcStroucr
LurChcr 70 fricnd az Rrddtord
We had orders to pick w prisoner.
As we steamed up doad bodies wcr.
floating past tho ship. We wen. M
alongside the German cruiser Maiaz hIst
before she sank ana it WAS an awful
sight. We got 22i prisoners In a most
IltlIlNf' Nldlft hu'l Ii'NI bl lnfIn ulpN.
II IS impossible TO describe q al on
paper oar decks We're red with blood.
aud, You see, We are only a dt strovcr
so YOU may toll what mess We were
in.
All the Germans seemed quite happy
when We got them ON board The
worst job of all was getting them out
of tn" sea. som" of them had legs
and arms shot away. battered To pieccs
| was in our boat Just below when
their vessel sank. and there seemed
20 he many who were helpless ON board
her The captain remained behind.
having had both legs shot away.
from Hdrol lieutenant 10 q fIisud
That VAS ali, Rcmnins only little
details only one of which ] will tell
YOU. The mos, romantic. dramatic
and piquant episode that modern war
lcan ever show, The Defender. hav-
ing sunk an enemy. lowered q whaler