Evening star., 1915-03-27

assembling The utimatum had not yet expired
evident that blow would be the that did
-Four OF their areopanes circlng immense height
veyis deienses From the top OF the lighthouse counted
thirty batesips the oin2 with number the
trawers with which the British service they break through
the mine fields The approaches actually with
half and half observation but the resurhowcd
that they insufficient hold the enemy three
days later both and fleet speedily destroyed
However. am here tell you the incidents o the
but to explain in it. which had such decisive ci
feet upon the result My first action send four
ond class boats away instantly the point which had chosen
for base. There they wait submerged lying with
negative buoyancy the sands twenty feet and
rising only at night My strict orders that they
attempt nothing upon the enemy however tempting the opo
urty All they had to do and
til they received further orders Having
mander Panza, who had charge of this ola shook
him by the hand and bade him farewell, leaving with him
sheet OF paper upon which had explained the tactics be
used and him general principles which he could
apply as circumstances demanded.
My whole attention given o my fotila,
which divided into divisions keeping ota and Kappa
under my command while Capt. Miriam had Delta and
Epsilon lie separately the British channel
while station the Straits of Dover | made the whole
plan Of campaign clear him. Then that each ship
provided with all that it could Each had OF
heavy oil for surface propulsion charging the dynamo which
supplied the electric engines under Each had also
eighteen topedoes explained and 500 rounds for the col
apsbe quckhrng twelve epcunder which carried deck
and which, disappeared into watertght tank when
submerged We carried spare periscopes and
less which could be elevated above the coming
when necessary There provisions sixteen days for
the who manned each craft Such the equipment
OF the four boats which destined bring naus all
the navies and armies Britain At s,ndown that dayit
April forth upon historic voyage.
Miriam had got the afternoon. since he had
much further go reach his station Stephan the Kappa
started with but, realized that must
work independently, and that from that when
shut the sliding matches OF coming the still
of tarhO
each other again. though in the
waved Stephan from the side OF coming and he
Then l called through the tube my engineer
tanks already filled and all Kgstons and
closed) put her full speed ahead.
Just abreast OF the end OF the pier and
the wlie-capped rolling upon put the horizontal
rudder hard down and she slid under Through my
glass portfolios its light green change dark blue
while the front of indicated twenty let
her forty, because should then be under the warshs
the English though the chance of foung the
ngs OF floating mines. Then brought her
keel, and it music to my hear the
gentle ticking electric engines and to know that
was speeding twelve miles at hour my great task
At that moment stood controlling my levers i'll my
could have had my cupoa been OF glass, the
shadows OF the British bockade lowering above
held my due westward for ninety minutes and them by
shutting off the electric engine without blowing the
tanks brought her the surface. There rolling
and ireshenng did think keep
hatch open long small the margin OF buovancv
that risks. But from the OF the rollers
had look backward Blankenberg, and the black
tunnels and upper works on the enemys fleet with the light
house and the castle behind them, all flushed with the pink
glow OF setting Even looked there fc boom
great gun, and then another glanced watch 1t
o'clock. The time OF the ultatum had expired We
were a