New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-03
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us saw the same name on papers In
the commanders cabin.
81 was on the boat beginning the
night Of January II. my ship having
beer captured n few hours after the
roi9e~ BEGAN her work. by taking me
Fnrringford. The ship was manned by
crew Of several hundred men. many
OF whom had s. w. 5. Moewo' on their
hats. Others had II. VI. 6. Paw and.
i'm fact. there were half q dozen dit-
fercnt names. Whenever the German
was after q prize, ell Of US were Kept
below under guard. and we saw VIZ
tuallv nothing IF what happened.
eve were followed by the raider for
IN hour or two during the afternoon,
but ! paid little attention 20 her, as
she appeared 20 be steaming along
easily. and when within few miles
Of rs 7 made out the British flag at
her stern. Just az dusk, she fired
warning shot, unmarked her battery
an6 ! hove TO-"
EXCEPT for minor details the stories
Of the capture Of the Appam agreed
that the liner was four days out from
Dakar. French West Africa. for Liver
pool with passengers and 5000 tons Of
general cargo when she sighted the
German January 10. The raider
was moving at q fair rate of speed, but
seemingly making no attempt 70 make
for the Appam. Almost imperceptibl"
che began 10 gain speed, and before
Captain Harrison was aware that dan
ger impendtd the German had changed
his course and sent warning shot
across the liners bow.
al.
70. The raiders forecastle had fallen
away. exposing her battery Of huge
guns trained on the Appam. A small
boat put out With boarding party.
and In q short time a prize crew was in
possession Of the ship
There were twenty-five men in the
prize crew under Lieutenant Berge,
and some twenty Germans on board the
liner bound for prison camps in Eng
land were pressed into service.
Seventh Prize IN Four Days
The Appam was the seventh English
vessel taken in q period Of four days.
al the operating occurring less than
two hundred miles of the coast Of
Spain. On January II the steamers
Cobridge and Farringford were over
hauled about $50 miles northwest Of
Cape Finisterre. On January 10 the
Dromonhy, the Author, the Trader and
The Ar.adne were taken in the Atlantic,
still further a. sea and northward.
10 was about sunset on Saturday
when the Appem was captured.
Through the light and into the next
day tho raider followed her closely,
and on the evening Of January l6 she
drew away 20 attack the British
/ f~L 4a
differ as 20 the distance from the
kppam that the attack upon the Mac
lavish took place. II is variously esti-
mated Of from five 10 ten miles, but
flashes Of FIRE were visible from the
liner Only tho priz ecrew, however,
had p fair view OF the capture, for the
passenger and other prisoners were
kept below decks, and Rlimpses
through portfolios had TO satisfy them.
Details Of thu exploits Of the mys-
terious raider 90 date probably viii be-
come known tomorrow morning, when
The remnants of the seven prizes u al
ready has taken will come ashore.
From information which has reached
shore thus far however 10 seems that
The fate Of the NGcTavish was the most
tragic
MacTavish Disdained Foe.
When the raider overhauied the Mac
lavish, bearing oil the outward ap-
pearance Of a tramp frcightor. il sent 8
shot over the bows Of the Brits h craft
and ordered II TO haul 10. But the
commander Of the attacked ship
couldn't sec the sense Of surrcnderiug
90 such seemingly insignificant foe.
a group Of seamen hurriodly got az
the nitiful little. siXpoundor the Mac
lavish boasted as protection against
submarines and fred a shot az the
stranger. That was the signal for the
raider 20 come out I'm ITS true colors.
Il drew back false canvas sides and
revealed its battery Of siX-inch guns.
a moment later the guns. already
trained on the British boat. swept its
deck with vollev of shot that killed
several men. injured half q dozen more
and tore into the rigging The two
boats were at such close range that the
execution was terrific.
Even then the British captain re
fused 20 admit defeat. Again and again
the siX-pounder was fred at the stran-
ger. with about as much effect as a
toy pistol would have against loco
motive. The raider answered this
feeble resistance with broadside after
. DfAdlNlW"s ne itNNll was 'fhf lllffn
OF the crew Of the MacTavish had been
killed. many had been wounded and
there had been two explosions i'm the
hold before the six-poundcr was
silcnced.
Then. when the Germans ceased
firing, the prize began TO founder and
suddenly keeled over snd sank. Many
members Of the crew were saved. but IT
il not known whether the plucky COM
mardcr is aboard the Appam or not.
Meanwhile the prize crew on board
the Appam grew so interested that it
stored close 20 the lighting ships.
The civilians and prisoners al were
kept below. and obtained only fecting
glimpse Of the one-sided struggle
through port holes. The boat was per
emptorily ordered back. however. when
it was seen that it might be struck