The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-05-13
SKIPPER'S STORY
OF SUEz BATTLE
Sea Captain Describes Flight
with Turkish Force.
SHIP IN PERIL OF SHIPPERS.

Necessary to Place Sand Bags Along
Both Sides of Bridge to Protect OFF,
GERS From Accurate Fire on Shore.
Broadside After 8roadsids Wrecks
Fortifications of OttomanG
tale OF fierce fight in the Suez
canal between fleet of French and
British cruisers and auxiliaries on one
side and a strong Turkish land force.
backed by heavy artillery. on the 9TH
er. was brought by Captain J. J. Tul-
loeb OF the British steamship Naneric.
which locked in Philadelphia after a
two months voyage from Calcutta by
way of the SueZ canal and Malta. The
victory for the allies was accomplished
only after the funnel OF II. NJ. S. Har-
dlnge of the Royal Indian marine was
ripped open by Turkish shell and
bodies Of Turks lay strewn along the
banks Of the canal
Captain Tulloch was held up three
days at the eastern entrance to the
canal, but even after the British au-
thorities had deemed travelling through
the canal safe il was necessary to
place sand bags along both sides of the
bridge to protect the officers from the
accurate Turkish snipers.
The adventures of Captain Tulloch
did not begin with the command of the
Naneric. for previous to that he was
in command of D'Amerique. which was
captured and sunk by that terror of
ships plying the oriental trade. the
German cruiser Emden. The Emden
was sunk by the Australian cruiser
Sydney.
The Captains Story.
Captain Tulloch is u griZzled sailor
of the old school. tanned and courteous
and hOspitabe Here is the story OF
his "trip in his own words:
Our voyage to the Suez canal,
which we reached on Feb. ] from Cal
cutta was unpventfu. To my surprise
we were forbidden entrance TO the
canal. partly verified rumors. which
latpr proved 10 be true. reporting a ter.
rifle battle 0etwen the Turks and the
allies. The Turks. it seemed. had cart
ed big guns over the desert from Con
stantinople and might have worked |
worse havoc with the feet than they /
did had their aim been better. Broad |
side after broadSide from the allies |
fleet. however. fairly tore the hastily |
erected Notifications of the Turks to .
ShredS. and the result waS victory for
the allies. The Turks had with them
small hoatS made of sheets OF alumni
mum, which they attempted 10 use in
transporting their troops across the ca
nal The allies guns. trained with ac-
curacy. rent the boats aSunder. and the
bodies of the Turks literally lined the
sides of the canal.
1.-The bodies lay there. hundreds of
them mutilated beyond recognition by
the shells and swollen by the hot sun
aud foul water. The British troops
We're encamped on both sides of the ca
nal. except for short stretches where
the Turkish sharpshooters fired their
guns in our direction. but the bullets
whistled harmlessly over our heads or
buried themselves In the protecting
We were stopped at Gibral-
tar by British warship. but were re-
leased after short examination"
Experience With the Emden.
The captain told of his experience
with the Emden as follows:
I'VE cleared from Colombo on the
evening of Sept. PC and had proceeded
about fifty miles out on the smooth sea
when we were stopped by the Emden
Chief Engineer Kerr and myself were
taken aboard the Emden while the
rest of the crew were kept aboard the
ID Amerique along with other prisoners
of war and taken to Colombo What
was done with the cargo. which was a
load of sugar from lava to England.
do not know We were prisoners on
the Emden two days. and. although {
Dur treatment by the German officers
was courteous enough. we We're con- $
fined To our rooms except at mealtime
when we were served on deck
During our two days Imprisonment {
four more ships We're captured by the 9
King Lud. Gryfeville. S
I}ueSk Ribera and Foyle OF these the
Ribera. Foyle and King Lud We're later
sunk. the Gryfeville liberated. and the
BueSk. which had cargo of coal. was
'arried along for its precious cargo. q
'or the Emden was then running very a
short on coal. and the Buesk was a s
godsend u
We We're put ashore ar Colombo II
md then went to India. where surviv- y
IRIS of the Emden later told us the EN- 4
len mad lain in wait for us outside a
Colombo and followed us until we b
ould no longer call for assistance. our e
hip having no wireless on hoard"
Captain Tulloch's next trip will he
IN charitable mission. he being
cheduled to sail from New York with y
cargo of grain for the relief of the
Selgians. c;