The Washington herald., 1915-04-12

Visions and stores which lasted US long
TIM. Among them were Io.O"O bags of
coffee
One Of tn" petty officers. at one time
member of the crew Of the l. s s Ecar-
sarge. gave a vivid d. ription Of the
cruise of the raider.
We left Hoh"ken on August >" he
said. w" met the cruiser karlsruhe off
the BermIdas. w. were engaged in
transferring coal and supplies to the
Karlsruhe and guns and men from the
karlsruhe TO oi,r SHIN when the British
cluiseSs Bristol. Suffolk. and berwick
came up and W.. WeIe forced to run.
While the karlsruhe was engaging
tine British cruisers "" escaped. We
have not heard from the karlsruhe since
three days after that. cur last MESSAGE
said the Bristol had b"cn damaged AID
was then making for port for repairs
and that no damage had hen done the
karlsruh" and no casualties had been
suffered aboard
Our first prize was the British steam
or Indian Prince. hauled and sent down
iu the South Atlantic en- September :.
our EcNt capture. :tc richest of the
trip. WAS the British steamer La Cor
rcntina. She had two 3-inCh guns mount
Cd on her Geek but did not put up
fight. as she had no ammunition. We
took the two guns and mounted them.
We also got large quantity of sup
plies from the Ia Corentira. This sup
ilv lasted us until ahou; ten days ago.
Sank French Steamer.
We did not take another prize until
November H. whcn the French bark
Mon. coal laden. was OveT"auled. We
transferred 2,lru tons to the Kronprinz
filing the iInkevs to OVCraOwins. and
put as much As we coU.d in the first
~ II,
ON November II Ne captured and sank
the French steamer Anne DE BretaEne.
again running sGN. we came upon and
took possession of tn" British steamer
bellevue. which had 1000 tons of coal
aboard.
Our next prize was the French steamer
MontaGle. She was empty and after
transferring her crew to our ship, We
sent her to the bottom.
On Decembe" y We captured the
EritiSh steamer Hemisphere an6-sccured
900 tons OF coal from her. The British
steamer PotarIO fell victim to US January
!" This vessel was in ballast. The
british steamer Highland Rrae we over
hauled on January II. In addition to a
crew Of ninetN-nm. thi- steamer had
hftN-"ne passengers aboard. We took
what We wanted from h"r. transferred
her crew and PASSENGERS 10 the Kron- |
prinz and sent the vessel to the bottom |
On the same day We captured the British |
steamer Wilfred II. She was loaded |
with fish and potatoes much of which |
We took aboard.
The Norwegian sailing ship Sa- |
mantha, the only neutral vessel we I
sank on our long voyage, we over |
hauled on February ,. This ship. we |
were told. had on board cargo of |
wheat consigned TO the British -my |
and navy, so we sent her down.
We did not come across another |
ship until February 30. when we cap
tured the British steamer Chase Hill. |
After taking coal and provisions from |
her, we put about 400 or 500 prisoners |
aboard her and told her captain to |
take them to the nearest port.
while we were transferring coal to |
the Kronprinz the French passenger /
steamer Gaudeloupe, with a crew of l5S |
men and officers and 143 passengers. |
came up, and we took her in charge. |
These passengers also were placed |
aboard the Chase Hill, and after TAX
ing what we wanted from the French
man we sent her down by opening her
sea-cocks.
I'VE did not sight another ship un-
til March "a, when the British Royal
Mail liner lamar. bound from Santos
to Havre with $1,000 sacks bf coffee.
was overhauled Off the Brazilian coast.
We took Off the thirty-three officers
and men and sent the ship to the
bottom.
-Four days later We captured the
British steamer Coieby from Rosario to
The crews Of the last named two ships
We now have on bard. l
Although our boilers and bottom ara