The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-12
kronprinz WilhelmWas Forced
To Equip With Guns From
British Ships
Month of December
Was Most Trying
Provisions Ran Low and Con-
tinued Rice Diet Caused
Bcri-Beri Replenished Coal
Bunkers From Prizes


xruport NrvS Ns,.- AprItl How
tha hlotlprio. -{kHh4t4p re,f,ai ria
seas f1nr.. s.,r .,t,,f.l n,.,,,t,'. e.,,,,ttay
hosfst V.tr-b,as on, inc ,,.ttrh for nor
while uyei4a King aat 4estrnt.i5s
I'reorh and british .hta. hov shs
kept la gro,.z.,frs and ..rti b., ming
-nens e,.i,ut her rr;zc.. before ii,e,- ,.f.re,
tent 10 nay4 homes. locker ana hau,
fh.. rai.rs. ran, int, ,..,t ,hfs. ,,,net,{,s-
after leading Il chase down tns. coast
Wa to,d here tonight I,y .b., ctnn'
mander. Captain Tn3erfoi4t
gb. s.or,. ~ a.. ,l. .....
ftl. r,,,,l,,... ~. $50. us
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,t+ a.. h.. 49, - - 20
buokers Tive phtar 4fst,,9a -,
the command and hfs crew, r.1s -.
fixture ,o hl,a. n,rc.,,., f,'.,t, ~.
opfbreat ar sert-be,i d9re", 80,
80 -. tisAt ehsce
sns FOR n. 49, - ny ~ "a "a,
time s'.
ny.
- ''H 90" ~"''@ "hFh we fetk New
- l' va i'''tn hlet ieiut- We
t'"' "'' Npt'te"iAs pAt We
N""t Va "''" aooUt We did
80" i'1' hA en- some ornament
80 't,' MAJ '9i "h'- bui We ran into
''t1'>'' N'''' i'S' i-a 'pfr"ntifia,
sfn- ~" '''N VA nas
e""sr
'" ammunition !" Waste
,. NV oi" on August =
'lu t''"N ONT t'iile cruising about in
'''" We USED llttle am
'f' ''' ""N We "iH NOT nave any
.' "".'e. MOST OF "a" SHIPS We saak
N'I' d'Mn at,ei We opened their sea.
'7SF'N thal stopped when We
9'sS''.lseo mem were net fired "n. aud
~, tr" c'SFs 'id We use eA-
p'"%, y eS /" destroy a captured craft
We 'amned Nova Scotian
Srh"'ter aHa TOOK OF her crew. she
"a9 " t't-" ttt4"M ana ! did not ge.
hef name. We took over one thous-
ana PRISONERS from various craft and
kept most Of them ON board for two
'h"htof We found this toe expen-
Nite Wheh British ships nade them-
ives scarce. So We decided ~ nd
taefn-
We got INTO communication with
t1e eoi.ler Hoiear ANA the, were land
ed ut tUen"s ANres Nc received some
I-H9F slons and coat from Tho Holear
During the past thirty DAYS ~.
haze not been very active and t,apt
oar ears open for news from the
enemy and word from our own conn
tIN as lp what me best time VyHuld ts
to put I'm at some mort 10 ger e,,st
ana provisions. ana "a transfer tns
PRISONERS and sick We had on hoard
During the month ~ Darep, ha, We
We're nearly ont OF provisions 80
meals We're limited We haa = lars.
quantity Of rice on board from Va rios,.
vessels we sunk Some nf II go+ Vet
n transferring It to our shIp h',r
We dried IL out and lived o,, n
We had very little Of otba- f,n.Y
to eat aud We filed IN an ri+a ~
made a num- her Of those ~, ho.r5
ill., There are sixtv-thrce rasas -
heri- heri on this vessel which 49,
say. was caused by tho eattrr @s ~.
rice. and drinking Of water fhst u.as
not properly condensed
We secured provisions frop5 N.
Coiahy and Sernanthea that Iastaa
us during the rest of orr voyasa
We had a slxtrn1fsh win tba u~,.
{<h cruisers Berwicl S,ffoItslana al.
toll. we were engaged ~ tras, 49, -.
aftv men. Two three-innb go ans
machine gum and two eieht-ren,j,,,a,-
e,rs frnr, tbn T.ar,r,o,, n,.,,tm It,
srt,be ~ .tbc Sont ,,,''' ,.,a u4sei haft-
thev came mon ,,s ~, wen
eoo1 .eebt ~ thn,. a,,t,e ~ ~
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