The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20

German submarine once torpedoed a
German ship. The matter. however,
was kept secret as much as possible.
This German sailor said he deserted
because he had had enough of if. The
food for the last six months had been
wretehedlv bad. 4 whole meal on
Sundays consisted of macaroni with
plums.
Describing the sinking Of the
Lutzow at the battle o. Jutland, he
said
1T was s O'Clock in the evening.
We were first hit by torpedo behind
the foremost below the water line
The torpedo penetrated the walls and
exploded within the ship, killing and
wounding q great number Of men. and
destroying the food store. The water
tight compartments before the engine
room held good, and everything was
done to support the bulkhead with the
object of preserving the ship. Gradu-
ally, however, her condition became
hopeless. The staff left the vessel
about 10 p. NJ. the crew remaining on
duty After the staff had been trans
ferred to a torpedo boat the Lutzrow
received another hit, which DESTROYED
the wireless room beneath the bridge.
Everyone within was killed. After
ward the ship received four severe hits
from lj-inch shells. She was now pro-
ceediag at only three miles an hour.
| AT ; clock in the morning the
vessel appeared 70 be lost and we were
ordered to leave the ship. Four tor
ipedo boats received ! .003 men surviv-
ing out Of 1000 Three hundred
wounded remained on board. whom II
was impossible to remove. Our tor
ipcdo boat WAS not 100 wards from the
+, LUTON when it was attacked BY five
English destroyers aad two small
cruisers. Our vessel was torpcdocd
and quickly sank. Three other Ger
man torpedo boats thereupon took Us
lover Some time afterward the tor
/ pedo boat ! was en- was hit near the
fcngine room An order then arrived
TO retire from further operations by
developing smoke 4 heavv screen Of
smoke hid Us and the Inflow from the
/ English.
! ''That was our salvation. To save
her from falling into English hands
wc were ordered to sink the Lutzow
with 500 OF her own wounded on
! board. This order was executed. One
OF our torpedo boats torpe1ocA this
great German ship, which quicdy
sank, carrying with il our 500 wounded
into the depths. The English then
lett Us in peace, and proceeded in the
direction where the Lutzow had sunk.
Apparently they had not seen through
the screen Of smoke thar the Lutzlow
had sunk. While they were vainly
/ seeking the ship We escaped and
steamed n full power southwasd for I3
hours. We were then taken over by
the small cruiser Regensburg. in which
we steamed for five hours more before
our return at midnight 70 WilheIms
haven.
i 1T is remarkable that al orr ship.
hit in the Jutland battle were hit in
the forepart Many ships were Sc
vorcly tlamaael i While proceeding
homfYarCk AIT skhe badly 3lamaged
vessels have now been repaired, and
new ships are serving, or are shortly
to serve, in the fleet Among the new
ehips are the Baden Baprn. and Hin
Genhur2. Shortly also there Will he 4
new Emien. while a new karIruhc i
already in active service Ar Ersatz
Bluchcr is en- the stocks in Dantzio
aoekvard. The Derflinecr. which was
seriously dana ged in the ,Jurand hat.
tie, is again in service. The dock
wards are now exclusively constructing
ubmariles ard large cruisers. because
the greatest losses have been suffered
IN these types.