Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-15

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pitZ. Won Hindenburg. Deutschland. Ce-
! ella and the rest. They register from SIX
inches to monsters of ffteen-inch naval
pieces in land turrets. and the royal
marine artillery fights war-long duel
| with them These now opened fire into
, the smoke and over 1t at the monitors
and marines. and the monitors replied.
Meanwhile the airplanes were bombing
methodically and anti-aircraft guns We're
searching the skies for them. Star shells
| spouted up and fioated down. lighting the
smoke banks with spreading green fires,
and those strings of luminous green balls
which the armen call flaming onions
scared up. to lose themselves in the clouds.
Vindictive Pushes Ahead.
Through all this stridency and blaze of
conflict the old Vindictive, still unhurry
ing. was walking the lighted waters to.
those on the destroyers became aware
that what seemed to be merely smoke was
wet and cold: that the rigging was be-
, ginning to drip. and that there were no
The destroyers had to turn on their
lights and use their sirens to keep in
touch with each other. The air attack
was suspended and the Vindictive, with
some distance yet to go, found herself
in gross darkness. There were motor
boats on either side of her. escortfng
her to the entrance. These were sup
Piled with what are called Dover fares,
ing square miles of sea. At once every
pistol was fired as signal to light
these. but the fog and smoke together
were too dense for even the flares.
over and started to cruise to find the
entrance. Twice she must have washed
across. and at the third turn. upon
reaching the position at which she first
mist and she saw the entrance and the
piers either side and an opening
dead ahead.
Warship Finally Gets In.
THE inevitable motor boat. U P No.
Y, commanded by Acting Lieut.. Guy L.
Coekburn. raced on into the opening
fire and planted flare on the water
steamed over it and on. She was in.
The guns found her at once. She
tered. her Scared hull broken afresh in
score Of places. her decks and upper works
swept by machine guns The machine
gun at the end Of the western pier had
been put out Of action by motorboat's
torpedo. but from other machine guns
at the inshore end of the pier from
position on the front and from machine
guns apparently firing over the eastern
pier there converged upon her a hail of
After her control was demolished nv
shell which killed all the occupants.
including Sublieut. Angus H. Mac
Lachan, who was in command of it the
upper and lower bridges and the Chart
room. swept by bullets, Commander
Godsal ordered the officers to go with
him to the coming tower. They OBJ
served through the observation slit in
the steel wall of the coming tower
s ina the eastern pier was preached some
zoo yards from the seward end as
trough at some time a chip had been
in collision with it. They saw the
front of the town silhouetted again and
again agar in the light of the guns that
patchwork Of fire and darkness.
Immediately after passing the
preach in tire pier Commander Godsal
ieft the coming tower and went on
Geek the better to watch the ships
called in through the slit Of tn. con-
ming tower his order to starboard the
helm. The Vindictive responded End
laid Her battered nose to the eastern
pier and prepared to swing her length
across the channel.
Shell Hits Coming Tower.
ut was at that moment that a .be,,
from the shore batteries struck the
coming tower. Lieut. Sir John Alleyne
and Lieut.. v. A. c. Crutchley were
stiu within. Commander Godsal was
S Saose 10 the tower outside. Lieut.. AL
ieyne was stunned by the shock. Lieut..
Crutchley shouted through the sIif To
the commander, and, receiving no an.
swer. rang for the port engine. fullepeed
astern to help the swinging ship. BY
eha,t ti M ene was lying at an angle Of
to be hard fast, SO it was Impossible To-
Drlng her farther around
AFTER working the engines some
minutes to no effect. Lieut. Crutchiey
O 1nN tr
and abandon ship, according to the pro-
gram previously laid down. Engineer
Lieut.. Commander William A. Bury.
VINO was the last to leave the engine
room; blew the main charges by
switch installed aft. Lieut. Crutchley
blew the auxiliary charges in the for
ming tower. VIVA
Those on board felt the old ship
platss and bulkheads from her. she
sank about six feet and lay upon the
done. "~'
Observation-Disclosures.
It is to DO presumed that Couman..
DER Godsal was killed BY the shaiI.
Xhcn struck the coming tower. Lieut.,
SG s1,s searching the ship before he
10 ee1r e ner; tailed to fnd his body or that
OF suoiieut. MacIachan in that VIII
derness Of splintered wood and shat
tered steel In the previous attempt to.
block the port Commander GodsaI COM
manded the Brilliant, and together
with all the officers Of that shin. and OF.
the Sirius had volunteered at once Tor
the further operation
Engineer Lieut.. Commander Bury.
who was severely wounded, had been in
the Vfndictive in the attack on Zee.
brugge mole. He had urged upon tha
wee admiral his claim to remain with;
ner and with four engine room artifi-
GERS. in view of his and their speciak
knowledge Of her engines.