The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-15

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GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF LAST
RAID OF GALLANT SHIP TO
U-BOAT BASE OF GERMANY
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batteries, which suddenly, issued the
warning ofsthe explosion OF guns
roared intosAEtl0n. 4.
Tfs,sndeus uproar. n
There WIS u while Of tremendous
uproat Tli4 coast about Ostend Is
p0nderously seqnipped with batteries.
They register from six inches TO mon.
ster fifteen inch naval pieces in land
turrets and the Royal marine artillery
fights q war-long duel with them.
These now opened fire into the smoke
and oyer it.at the monitors an NOR
ines. And the monitors replied.
Meanwhile the air planes were
bombing methodicalW and anttair.
craft guns were searching the skies for
them. Star shells spouted up and
floated down, lighting the smoke banks
with spreading fires and strings Of
luminous green balls, which the air
men call Tanning onions scared up,
to lose themselves in the clouds.
"The Vindictive, still unhurrying,
walked the lighted waters toward the
entrance 1t was then that those on
the destroyers become aware that
what seemed to be merely smoke
was wet and cold; that the rigging
was beginning to drip and that there
were no longer any stars. A sea fog
had come on.
"The destroyers had to turn on
their lights and use their sirens to
keep in touch with each other. The
air attack was suspended apd the
Vindtctive, with, some distance yet
to 60. found herself In gross. darkness
There were, motor boats on either
side of her, supplied with enormous
lights capable Of Illuminating square
miles of sea. At once every pistol
was fired as a signal to light these,
but the fog and smoke together were
too dense for even the flares. 81
1.-THE Vindictive then put her helm
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 lost her way, there came a
rift In the mist and she saw an OPEN
ing dead ahead.
"A motOrbOat raced onto the open
ing under heavy fire and planted a
flare on the water between the piers.
The Vindictive steamed over It and
on, She was In.
Guns Find Her.
"The guns found her at once She
was hit every few seconds after she
entered, her SCARED hull broken
afresh In q score Of places, her decks
and upper works swept by machine
guns.
- After her control was demolished
by shell which killed all the occu:
pants, the upper and lower bridges
and the chart room, Commander God.
sal ordered the officers to 60 with him
to the coming tower. They observed
through the observation slit In the
steel wall that the eastern pier was
preached some two hundred yards
from the seawafd end as though at
some time a ship had been In COLI.
sion, Whit, 4. .s..i /. ..5 @ u n
Immediately after passing the
breach n the pier Commander Godsal
left the tower and went on deck. He
chose, 3 position and called in through
the slit OF the coming. tower his
order. to starboard the helm The
vindictive responded, laid her batter.
ed nose to the eastern pier and pre-.
pared to swing her 800. feet Of length
across the channel. 49,
1T was at that moment that she'll
from the shore batteries struck the,
coming tower. Lieutenant Crutch-
ley shouted through the slit to the
commander, and receiving no answer,
rang for the port engine f,ill speed
astern, to help the swinging ship. BY
this time she was lying at an angle Of
about four degrees to the pier and
seemed to be hard fast 50 it was i'm
possible to bring her fuytherGaround.
4, 4 Abandon Ship.
after working the engines some
line to no effect, Lieutenant Crntch-
ley gave the order to abandon ship.
Engineer Lieutenant Commander
William A. Bury, who was the last
leave the engine room, blew the
main charges by switch installed
aft. Lieutenant Crutchley, blew tho
auxiliary charges in the forward mag
azine from the coming tower.
Those on board felt the old ship
hrug as the explosive tore the bot.
tom plates and bulkheads from her.
he sank about six feet and lay upon
The bottom of the channel
1T Is to be presumed that Com
mander Godsal was killed by the shell
which struck the coming tower.
Cheerful Discipline.
Most of the casualties were incur
led while the ship was being abandon
ID. The men behaved with just that
\ 'leerful discipline and courage which
stinguished them in the Zeebrugge
i'd. .R,s
THE crew were taken off by a motor
lunch under a fierce fire. When fin.
" It reached the Warwick, the
,lnch was practically in a sinking
,nditiOn; her bows were shot to
pieces. The launch was found too
i amaked to tow. As soon as her
ew and the ViAdictive survivors
ere transferred, demolition charge
was placed In her enginerO0m and she
u as sunk.
"AH WAS according to program, Re-