Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-18

T through my tube of the effect and discovered that Che shot had gone straight and true. striking the ship, which ! later learned was the Aboukir , under one of her magazines which i'm exploding helped the torpedo's work cf destrucun.
 There vas fountain Of water a burst of smoke flash of fire and part of the cruiser rose in the air. Then I heard road and felt reverberations sent througl the water by the detona- , ton. She had been broken apart and | sank in a few minutes The Aboukir i had been stricken in a vital spot and , by an unseen force that made the blow lpll the greater.
 Her ere were brave. and even with death staring them in the face kept to their posts ready Co handle their use less guns Cor | submerged at once. ! But ! had stayed on top long enough see Che other cruisers. which ! learned were the Greasy and Hogue turn and steam full speed to their dying sister, whose plight they could not understand. unless it had been due to an accident
 The ships came on a mission of in- Guiry an drescue. form any of the Ahoukir's crew were now in the water. the order having been given. Each man fer himsel'
 But soon the other two English cruisers learned what had brought about the destruction SO suddenly.
 As ] reached my torpedo depth l sent @ second charge at the nearest of the onComing vessels. which was the Hogur The English were playing my game for ] had scarcely to move out of my position which was a great aid. since it helped to keep me from detection
 On boaiG my little boat the spirit ot the German navy was to be seen in it sbest form. With enthusiasm every man held himself in check and gave attenuon to the work in hand ! The attack on the Hogue went true But this time did not have the ad ! vantageous aid Of having the torpedo det-nate under the magazine. so foi twenty minutes the Hogue lay wounded and helpless on the surface before she heaved, half turned over and sank
 By Chi stime the third cruiser knew of course. that the enemy was upon her and she sought as best she could tG defend herself. she loosed her tor pedo defense batteries on boats. star board and port and stood her ground as if more anxious to help the many sailors who were in the water thar Co save herself In common with the method Of defending herself against s submarine attack, she steamed in zig zag course and this made it nec essary for me Go hold my torpedoes until ] could law a true course fol them, which also made it necessary for me to get nearer Co the Greasy
 had come Go the surface for viea and saw how wildly the fire was beinl
 sent fro nth ship Small wonder tha
 vas when they did not know where t, shoot although one shot went un pleasantly near us.
 When ! got within suitable range sent away my third attack. This tim, ' sent second torpedo after the frs
 My crew were aiming like sharpshoot
 tc make the strike doubly certain ! bulrs-eye. My luck was with me again
 eis and both torpedo went to thei for the enemy was made useless an,
 at once began sinking by her head
 Then she careened far oyer. but al
 the while her men stayed at the gum looking for their invisible foe. The
 were brave and true to their coun
 try's sea traditions Then she event ually suffer a boiler explosion an
 completely turned turtle With he
 keel uppermost she floated until th
 air got out from under her and theI
 she sank with lou dsound af is iron
 a creature in pain
 f The whole affair had taken less tha
 one hour from the time of shooting of
 the torpedo until the Greasy went L !. the bottom Not one of the thre
 tNt'N NN'.N NNIAlNE TOT Hlu. vas stiIl quite able to defend mvsel
 but ] knew that news of Che disaste would call many English submarine a and torpedo boat destroyers. SO. Ina, h ing done my appointed work. l set m
 sourse for home
 y My surmise was right. for before il got very far some British cruisers am g dcstroyers were on the spot and th g destroyers took mp the chase. ker h under water most of the way. lou
 managed @ get off wireless to th & German fleet that was heading hom, V ward and being pursued hoped ( i ontice Che enemy by allowing thei IF mo wan dthen glimpse Of me. int
 the zone in which they might be e, If posed Co capture or destruction h g German warships but although tht n destroyers saw me plainly at dus ,f on the 22d and make a final effort (
 stop me they abandoned the attemp s- as it was taking them too far frol e safety and needlessly exposing thel b, to attack from our fleet and subm Is rines
 II How much they feared our subm,