The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-01-02
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AIter mucn taIk We decided tnec the
best plan would be that should dis
patch Z cipher telegram next morning
from q French port to tell them to
send the four second rate boats TO
cruise on the, north Of Ireland and
west OF Scotland. Then when had
done this should move down chan
mel with Stephan and operate at the
mouth. while the other two boats could
work in the Irish sea. Having made
these plans, set Oh across the cham
mel In the early morning, reaching the
small village Of Etretat, In Brittany.
There got on my telegram and then
laid my course for Falmouth. passing
under the keels Of two British cruisers
which were searching for us.
Hallway down channel we had trou-
BILE with short circuit In our electric
engines and were compelled to run on
the surface for several hours while we
replaced one Of the cam shafts and re-
newed some washers. 1t was tick
lish time. for had a torpedo boat come
upon us we could not have dived. The
perfect submarine Of the future will
surely have some alternative engines
for such an emergency. However, by
the skill OF Engineer MORO we got
things going once more. All the time
we lay there saw hydroplane float
ing between US and the British coast.
I can understand how mouse feels
when 1t is In tuft Of grass and sees
a hawk high up in the heavens. How
ever, all went well. The mouse be-
came a water rat; It wagged Its tall
in derision ut the poor blind old hawk.
and It dived down into a nice, safe.
green. quiet world, where there was
nothing to injure 1t.
1t was on Wednesday night that the
Iota crossed to Etretat. 1t was Friday
afternoon before we had reached our
new cruising ground. Only one large
steamer did I see upon our way. The
terror we had caused had cleared the
channel. This big boat had a clever
captain on board. His tactics were
excellent and took him in safety to
the Thames. He came zlgzagging up
channel at twenty-five knots, shooting
OF from his course at all sorts OF I'M
expected angles. With our slow pace
we could not catch him, nor could we
calculate his line 30 as to cut him on.
OF course he had never seen US, but he
judged and judged rightly that wher-
ever we were those were the tactics BY
which he had the best chance Of get
ting past. He deserved his success.
But, of course. It is only in a wide
channel that such things can be done.
Had I met him in the mouth Of the
Thames there would have been diff
ferent story to tell. As ! approached
Falmouth destroyed 5000 ton boat
from Cork laden with butter and
cheese.
That night FRIDAY, April 16 ! called
up Stephan, but received no reply. Al
I was within few miles Of our rem
devious and as he would not be cruis-
ing after dark, I was puzzled to &C
count for his silence. could only
imagine that his wireless was derang-
ed. But, alas, -was soon to find tho
true reason from copy Of the West
ern Morning News, which l obtsised
from Brixham trawler.
~ CHAPTER w.
The Loss Of the Kappa.
l@IHE Kappa. with her gallant
commander and crew, was at
I'LL the bottom Of the English chan
It appeared from this account that
after I had parted from, him he had
met and sunk no fewer than ave yes
sells. I gathered this to be his work
since all Of them were by gunflre and.
all were on the south coast Of Dorset
or Devon. How he met his fate was
stated In short telegram which was
headed, Sinking Of Hostile Subma-
rine." It was marked Falmouth" and
ran thus:
'.The p. and O. mail steamer Mace
donia came into this port last night
with ave shell holes between wind and
water. She reports having been at
tucked by hostile submarine ten miles
to the southeast Of the Lizard. In
stead OF using her torpedoes the sub
marine for some reason approached
upon the surface and fired i've shots
from q semiautomatic twelve FOUNDER
gun. SEhe was evidently under the Inn
precision that the Macedonia was I'M
armed ASS matter Of fact being
warned Of the presence Of submarines
in the channel, the Macedonia had
mounted her armament a. an aux
Hilary cruiser. She opened IRE with
two quick 6rers and blew away the
coming tower Of the submarine. 1t Is
probable that the shells went right
through her. a. she sank at once with
her matches open. The Macedonia was
only kept a6oat by her pumps."
Such was the end OF the Kappa and
my gallant friend, Commander Ste
phan. His best epitaph was in cor
ner Of the same paper and was heod-
ed ''Hnrk Lane" 1t ran:
'swheat (average), CO; maize, ls; bar
ley. co.
Wen. II Stephan was gone there was
the more need for me to show energy.
Ny plans were quickly taken. but they
were comprehensive. All that day
(saturday) passed down the Cornish
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