Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-23
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Battle asted Four Hours.
The Campana surrendereds to the y
boat only after a long battle which ex'
hausted it's ammunition. Bruce told the
story of the fight today. He said l.
begai at a. IN. and lasted four hours.
The U-boal fired 400 shots, only tw >
Of which ! it the. mark. The Canplaa'
nevertheless, was outranged by the
two guns, one four-inch, the other two
inch, with which the submarine was
armed. The U-boat also was fully as
speedy as the American vessel.
After the .Campana hoisted the in
ternational signal Of surrender, her
last shell gone, the submarine contln-
ued TO fire, Bruce said, and all hands
took to the boats.
Room For Only Six Prisoners.
Having room enough only for six
additional men aboard his craft, the
German skipper made only Ave OF the
gunners prisoner, Bruce said. These
included the chief gunner and two
petty officers. One OF the gunners.
whose name was Miller, was included
because he could speak German.
The submarine was the U-2. Bruce
did not learn the commanders name.
The German told him, he said. that ne
had fred first torpedo at the Cam
pana but had missed, the projectile ap-
parently passing under the steamship.
Picked W ~ WarshiP.
The Campana was semitic the bot
tom by bombs aftsr her crew had been
allowed to return and get their per-
lon
Bruce by the submarine commander
how to reach the nearest port. He told
him at the same time that he had
heard wireless messages exchanged py
two French war vessels In the vicinity
and warned him not to allow himself
to be picked UP by them.
II am going to sink them," he SAID.
Bruce and his men were picked up
by French warship after floating
about until 8 o'clock that night. The
warship took them to France.
when Captain Oliver and the other
prisoners went below on the subma-
rine," Bruce said, "they bid us sood-by
and the U-boat captain assured me
they would be treated as prisoners OF
war and landed In few days ct .
German base. where the captain said
they would be given every opportunity
to send word home to their families.
, was allowed to take personal mess
age from Captain oliver to be deliv-
cred to his wife.
Sailors Would Fight On.
1.-THE blueiackets with us were 9
game lot. when the last shell had
gone they would have tackled the Ger
mans with their erevolvers Ind the the
word been pazeed 10 thenl.1t would
yhxSe been . uSetsss sAcrines ~of life,
however u the ux.n4ns Seld ~ al
'hs's rps asssSt captain ..lJ his ,s.,rues,en.
were to, take all American gunners and
captains Of armed sfiips prisoners He
said, however. he was sorry the United
States was in the war. because he
hated to fight Americans, as he had
always found them friendly and good
sports. Americans, he said. will al
ways fight to finish. He had no use
for the French or English, tho, espe-
cially the English.
! 'The captain said he had been out
a long time and had sunk number OF
ships, but did not name them"
Bruce. said the men taken prisoners
by the U-boat, in addition to Captain
Oliver. were James Delaney, chief
gunner's mate: William Miller sea-
man; Fred Jacobs. seaman; Ray Roop,
boatswain's mate, second class. and
Charles Kline gunners mate.