The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-02-11
berg Tells OF
FIGHTER MOEWE
GERMAN OFFICER HAS NO FEAR
THAT BRITISH WILL CAP
: TURE HER.
LONE In THE ATLANTIC
Tells Of the Battle In Which the Clan
p, Mac lavish was the
Victim.

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Norfolk, Va, Feb. s.-Lieut. Hans
Berg. who with crew Of forty-two
Germans. brought the captured Brit
ish liner Appam to Hampton Roads
after a voyage Of over 1900 miles
from the Canary Islands. talked Of
the German raider that captured the
vessel and the voyage Of the Appam.
He declined to give a description OF
the Moewe.
"She Is a good vessel" he said.
"she is better than the average craft
we call freighters. would feel as
safe on her as / would on a cruiser.
She cannot be sunk easily and she
can fight--oh, she can fight terri
bly,.
ibid you really come through the
Kiel Canal on the Moewe?' he was
asked.
THAT, my friend. Is a war secret.
DO you think vessel with guns fore
and aft, with mines. torpedoes and
ammunition Of many kinds on board,
could get by many enemy warships?
II you believe It is possible to do that,
then will say we came from Kiel.
We did not grow in the Atlantic
ocean. We did not find guns on the
shores around the Canary Islands,
and what ammunition we got on
captured ships would not have sunk
one of the vessels we captured;
I'VE were in the Atlantic long be-
fore we sank the seven ships you
have heard of. You will hear OF 9TH
ers that have gone down from shells
fired by the Moewe.
"But don't you think the British
fleet will capture and sink the
Moewe?"
"They will not know her. She has
flown the British flag and passed
British warships before. She has
answered their signals. She has told
them that there were no German
ships around. She can give any name
she likes. She has no name that they
can see.
IF they chase her 1t will be fine
race. would like to see 1t. She will
run them perhaps all the way to
Il. 70 al
have captured the Appam II we had
advised Capt. Harrison ten miles
away that we were coming after him.
1--WE had the most excitement on
January IL, when we sighted the
British steamers Corbridge and Far
ringford almost at the same time. We
decided to take both ships at once.
and we started first for the Cor
bridge. We signaled the vessel to
stop and fired at her. We went for
the Farringford. We kept our for
ward guns trained on her and after
guns in. the Corbridge. The Corbridge
was nearer and we were sure of TAX
ing her. The Farringford tried to
get away. but we ran her down
about 4 o'clock In the afternoon. We
were dropping shells near the Cor
bridge all during the chase, and did
not stop until she hoisted signal
of surrender.
We brought both vessels near and
sent a boarding party to each. We
blew up the Farringford with few
mines. The Corbridge was still
afioat when l last saw her. She had
good supply of coal and we need
ed II.
"The capture Of the other steam
bers was not important. We were
disappointed in most of them and
lost one of the ships we wanted
most.
eve sighted the Clan McTavish on
Sunday night. January 16. 1t was
warm and the sea was not rough. We
showed no lights and she was easy
to overtake. We had the Appam then
and we darkened all lights on her.
The McTavish appeared about Ave
miles OF our starboard bow when
we first sigted her. We had heard
her wireless long before that. She
had been in Communication with the
Appam and we brought her nearer
than she might have come. She did
not know the Appam was our prise.
1--WE we're upon her before we