South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-11

Z gun, q distance OF quarter OF a
mile. When they arrived at the spot
where the gun stood, one driver held
/ the horses amid terrific firing while
the other limbered up. The horses
having been attached TO the guns, 1t
was brought safely back, and neither
men nor horses were hit.
From the trenches it was thought
impossible for these men TO escape
/ death. 1t was a magnificent piece
of bravery"
Col. Sir Arthur Boscawen NJ P,
| who is in command of the Third
West Kent regiment, stationed near
) Chatham writing to his political
agent Of Dudley, says that the first
battalion of the regiment lost heav-
lily.
] Mai. -Berrsford died leading
/ his men. Lieut.. Anderson was killed
at the same time. He was a special
reserve officer. who left in the mid
! die of the training 10 complete the
I list of submarines in the first bat
talon.
! He was a first class cricketer, and
would have been selected to play
! for almost any county but Kent.
Another third battalion subaltern.
Lieut.. Sewell, also a cricketer, is
wounded and a prisoner.
The lord mayor asks the Daily
/ Express to state that the assertion
of the Cologne Gazette of Saturday
! last that "he has declared himself
against the war" is an absolute in
vention and fabrication, without
particle of truth of any kind or sort.
Considerable discussion has arisen
regarding the manner in which the
cruiser Birmingham sank the Ger
imam submarine U-15. The facts are
stated in letter from an officer of
| the ship, who writes:
I'VE were scouting about 60 miles
from Germany when an able seaman
on watch sighted a periscOpe above
/ the water We opened fire at once,
and altered our course and darted
towards the submarine, which could
not fire when broadside on.
Weakened by Guns.
81 was sleeping when all of
sudden / was awakened by about
! half a dozen guns going off and the
sounding of the bugle. | turned out
quicker than I have ever done in my
| life. / often laugh as | think Of
rushing along the upper deck with
one leg in my trousers and one out.
| Nearly everybody was the same;
the lieItenants came in their pajam-
as.
when the firing started the
periscope got blown away; then she
came to the top. All the guns were
trained on her, and just before she
was hit the second time she switched
on a small light and a lieutenant
came up in the coming tower.
Just as he poked his head up a
shell hit the tower and blew il and
him to atoms. Then she sank.
felt a bit sorry for the crew, but If
we had been a second later we should
have been up, in the air"
A remarkable suggestion regard
| ing the cruisers Goeben and BreSlau
is made by sailor, who writes from
Malta:
4 suppose you have read about
the German ships GOeben and BreS-
lau-how they were supposed to have
lodged our fleet 1t is pack of lies,
as we, the - and - could have
torpedoed them easily, but We had
orders not to fire on them just as
we were within range"
Comes Back Wounded.
| Trooper r. Tugwell, who has re-
turned to his home at Berwick
states: The most terrible thing Is
! the iron discipline of the Germans.
Near to Cambria one OF our cavalry
/ regiments ran full tilt into a bat
talon of German infantry. They
! flung down their rifles, and ran for
all they were worth, with the excep-
ton of one company, where officers
| commanded to stand.
They faced round without at
! tempting TO fire a shot and stood
there like statues to receive the on
slaught of our men. Our lads were
bound to admire their iron discipline,
but you can't make way for senti-
ment in war, and our men rode
straight at them with the lance. They
were swept away, and our fellows
took most of the unwounded on as
prisoners.
Later there were signs that the
| German discipline wasn't so good,
and l fancy they are putting worse
troops into the field.
Tells of Sinking Ship.
! A vivid story of the sinking of the
| Pathfinder was told TO Daily EX-
/ press representative by Chief Sea-
men Gunner George Briggs, who
lives oft the Chamberwell road. and
] who is now waiting until, in his own
words, his hand gets better, so that
he can pull the trigger again"
Il was on the top deck, said
Gunner Briggs. when the nose of
the ship was blown clean off. She
went down before anybody had time
to look around.
4 see it is said the Pathfinder was
sunk by a submarine, but l can't see
how that can be the case. Sub
marines aim at the middle of the
ship where the machinery is, and
they either hit or miss. They don't
miss and take off the nose OF the
ship in passing Just to make up for
IT,
Il was in the sea for II hours
before | was picked up by a Red
Cross trawler."