Semi-weekly herald., 1914-10-19
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LONDON, Oct. 16.-Nearly five
hundred men perished yesterday when
German submarine torpedoed and
sank the armored cruiser Hawke ka
the North sea. The vessel was
to pieces and only three officers and
forty-nine men were saved out of .
crew of $50. The admiralty annourc-
ed the disaster, but did not give its
location.
How the Vessel Was Wrecked
The cruisers Hawke, Theseus and
Gibraltar were on patrol duty when
the submarine aimed torpedo at the
Theseus and missed. The submarine
sank, reappearing later to torpedo the
Hawke amidships. Because Of the.
admiralty's recent orders to com
manders of warships in cases Of sub
marine attacks to consider their irst
| duty toward their own ship, the Thes-
Gus and Gibraltar did not attempt to
help the Hawke. Instead these steam
ed away until the danger seemed over
when they returned to the wreck
age. When the crash came most of
the Hawkes. crew were stripped, pre-
pared to swim. They threw most of
the movable fixtures overheard to
cling to, but the interval between the
trash and the time the rescuers ar
rival was so great that most of the
crew sank.
Age and Size of the Hawke.
The Hawke was 800 feet long with
a displacement of 1850 tons. 1t was
built twenty-thrce years ago.
Latest Report of the Wrecking of the
Hawke.
According to the latest information
none of the high officers of the Hawke
were saved. The Press bureau says
that Capt. Hugh Williams is missing
and is probably lost The rescued
men were landed at AbeI deene. 1t
is reported that many are in serious
|
LONDON, Oct. 1.-(By Mail to
| New York k)-Some almost unbeliev-
able practices in fighting are reported
in a letter just received here from
an officer in the brigade guards. He \
said:
"We are at the present time en-
during most damnable shelling
Five minutes ago the head of shell
finished up between me and the ad-
jutant. l have it now in my haver-
sack. We are in fairly safe posi-
ito but it is not pleasant. Yesterday
was a terrible day. We had to gain
ground through woodesk "Sfseshoe
shaped hollow. Eventual! e got up
and found the enemy in q horseshoe
position.
eve pushed on when all of sud-
den the foremost Germans, all over
the field advanced. They were either
waving white flags or had their hands
up. Instead of taking no notice, the
men got up as if the battle was over.
l shouted myself hoarse, telling them
to go on fighting. 1t was one of
no avail and in five minutes or less
a second line Of Germans came over
the skyline and began firing at us.
The men were then in groups. We
got line formed and opened fire.
Some of our own men were in front
and of course we tired to avoid them.
"In one case a German officer or
dered young soldier, who WAS
wounded, to be shot, and other wound
ed men. This was witnessed. be-
lieve this officer was killed after this.
We held our ground till night and
many Germans surrendered.
81 had narrow escape. A shrap-a
mel bullet cut through my coat over
the left shoulder. It knocked me down
and it hurt bit but no real dam
age was done. An infantry appear
ed in front of us but the guntire is
most disagreeable. We slept on the
ooetiehoio ali niBHt. DtiieVe tnlnRS
are going we'll"
LONDON, Eng, Oct. 16-Winston
Churchill today handed out his opin-
ion of how the war could be brought
to an end. 1t was in a message he
sent to be read at a recruiting demon
stration at Acton park.
Nothing less than million Brit
ish soldiers in the line together will
finish this war as it has got to be
finished. The cause is worthy of the
effort, and the effort is well within
our strength. Victory is certain il
we organize now. This is the time
for sacrifice and daring. Prussian
military tyranny must be broken for
ever"
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