South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-23

few remarks, the VeO-tooted Hun concludes 10 DUCK
Very plausible my SON" said but how do YOU
know you didn't hit him."
The youth fred up this and earnestly declared
land that mark az 1000 y - ought to get years
apiece Portsmouth Ma Iris. Leave
chief gunner He might be right at that
GLORY ENOUGH FOR ALL
obviously the behavior submarine is open
to discussion but whether she crippled
there glory enough for all hands aboard the
schooner
The loss of the tanker Campana and the capture OF
five American blueiackets by submarine which took
them prisoners Germany given much pub
licity the time.
The Campana affair was an extraordinary sea duel.
of the notable its kind in the three years
the armed guard that they had give up the ship
because their ammunition expended. David Por-
the Essex rsate surrendered to the Phoebe and
the Cherub at Valparaiso but he fought one of the
heroic actions in the of 1872. and the
honors his memory enrolled among its ilustrous
The secretary Of the navy sent the following cable
to the commander of the ships naval guard:
We'll done.
The American consul the port forwarding this
commentator. added his CONGRATULATIONS Tor
the excellent work done by you and the men under
command in the battle against the in which
you successful"
The names OF the Campana's gun crews we're printed
many times that the most rigorous censor should
object to using them here. Chief Gunner Delaney
made prisoner, the official written
by of his 1t has not been made public until
and. for the part, reads as follows
The submarine attacked at 5:3o a m with a smooth
light day just breaking The lookouts
four forward, aft. the bridge.
the chief gunners mate and the ships officers
There was no sight of the submarine and the first
warning three rapid shots from point the
sta~board quarter which missed. The submarine was
then be the surface in the dazzling path
Of the rising and 5000 yards distant.
"Our stern gun opened fire and from then on for
hours and minutes shots were exchanged the
range varying but little. During the first hour the
submarines shells all fell about 200 yards the
snip She then closed about 1900 yards and it
believed that this time four OF our shots hit as she
Immediately dropped back the former position. only
hits in about 400 yards made by the subma-
vas there any excitement confusion My crew
kept at the forward ready 10 into action and
keeping sharp lookout for other enemies. After two
hours the chief sunners mate sent for pointers 20
relieve the the after whose were badly
whose running blood. The rest
Of the after gun did wish 10 be relieved After
these pointers for about hour their
also swollen and they relieved by myself
as pointer and by.- seaman. trainer.
1T was hours before the submarine got the
range and shots fell close our stern -Four hits
were made. one in I hold. in No. hold, one
amidships the starboard side and one through the
engineers storeroom. which caught fire The blaze
va: extinguished bv the ships
DECIDE TO ABANDON SHIP.
After another hour and 10 minutes Of firing. the
submarines falling close 20 the after gun
Irasmuch as no shells left board II decd-
90 v the captain 10 abandon ship order avoid
useless loss OF life then hosted nterna
tional signal Abandon ship and turned broadside 70
the submarine. which fred % minutes longer. All
hands then abandoned ship. after which the subma-
rne closed TO yards still firing into the steamer
The guard the last 20 leave the shin
The four boats pulled about mile away and lay TO
The submarine ran up them full speed and nearly
rammed the boats. but stopped and beckonej them
alongside 4 5-inch gun forward was trained on the
containing armed guard and eight OF the sub
uarne armed with revoyers. covered the other