Arizona republican., 1918-04-28
DARING ATTACK ON
 ZEEBRUCGE TO GO
 DOWN IN HISTORY
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the expedition last Tuesday against the German submarine base at Zee brugge on the Belgian coast.
 Captain Carpenter received the COL respondent with his arm in a sllng from a shell splinter wound. The ship showed inuumerable signs of conflict. The commander, during the attack, was at the end Of the bridge in a small steel box or cabin which had been especially constructed to 1ouse a flame thrower. Captain Carpenter in his account of that part taken by the Vindictive in the 1aid said to The Ass, clated Press:
 Plans EiaborateIy Made Our chief purpose in the expedi- tion was to distract the attention of the battery while the block ships :an in, especially the battery of F inch guns which occupied a commanding position at the top of the mile. Our ship was elaborately prepared for the busino ss of landing soldiers on the mole which is of stone 40 feet high and 15 feet above the VindiC- tive's top deck at the state of the tide when the attack took place.
 We had a special super5tructure over tho upper deck and three iong Sqpgways of 'b-)ws whici. were d"- signed 10 take the men up t9 tbe Ievei of the moe as soon as se get a..ng' 'de. EXl fly accordIA< t3 the plan, We ran along gside the m jle, ap- Yl"aGEing it ol the port 9iie where we vle equipped with specidIiy built buffers of wood two feet wide.
 But One Gangway Holds
 As there was nothing for us to tie up to we merely dropped anchor there while the Daffodil kept us against the mole with her nose against the opposite of our ship. In the fairly heavy sea two of our three gangways were smashed but the third held and five hundred men swarmed up this onto the mole. This gang way was two feet wide and thirty feet long.
 The men who went up it included 300 marines and 150 storming sea men from the Vindictive and 50 or so from the Daffodil. They swarmed up the steel gangway carrying hand grenades and Lewis guns. No Ger mans succeeded in approaching the gangway, but a hand to hand fight took place about 200 yards ug the hole toward the shore
 Pilot House Struck
 
 toward the shore so the bridge got the full effect of the enemy fire from the shore batteries. One shell cx- ploded against the pilot house, kill ing nearly all of it's 10 occupants Another burst in the fighting top, killing a lieutenant and eight men who were doing excellent work with two pompoms and four machine guns
 The battery of II inch guns at the end of the mole was only 300 yards away and it kept trying to reach us. The shore batteries also were diligent. Only a few German shells hit our hull because it was well protected by the wall of the mole, but the upper structure. masts, stacks and ventila tors showed above the wall and were rr8dled. A considerable portion of our casualties were caused by splinters from these upper works,
 Good Old Daffodil
 Meanwhile, the Daffodil continued to push us against the wall as if no battle was on, and if the Daffodil had failed to do this. none of the members of the landing party would have been able to return to the ship.
 Twenty five , minutes ( after the Uindittivel- had reached the wall the first block, ship passed in and headed for the canal. Two others followed in leisurely fashion while we kept up the fight on the mole. One of the block ships stranded outside of the canal. but the two others got two or three hundred yards inside where they were successfully sunk across the entrance.
 "One difficulty we had in preparing this expedition was that we could not have open practive of what we contemplated doing for fear the en- emy might get information of the plan.
 Men Well Tuned Up
 All the men were tuned up to a high pitch and it was with very anxious hearts that we waited for Q suitable time to strike, knowing that every day we waited there was g greater chance of our secret leaking out
 szr. Fifteen minutes after the Vinoic- tive arrived alongside the mole, our submarine exploded under the viaduct connecting the mole with the mair land. The Germans had sent a con. siderable force to this viaduct as soon as the submarine arrived ant these men were gathered on tho viaduct attacking our submarine witt machine guns. When the explosion occurred the viaduct and Germans were blown up together. The crew of the submarine. consisting of six men, escaped on board a dingy to z motor launch.
 Batter Seaplane Station
 Early in the fighting a German shell knocked out our Howitzer whicl had been getting in some good shots on a big German seaplane station or the mole half a mile away. This is the largest seaplane station in Bel. gium. Unfortunately, our other gun: could not be brought to bear effec lively upon it.
 The shell which disabled the Ho- witzer killed all the members of tho gun crew. Many men also were killed by German shell which hit the mol, close to our ship and scattered frag. ments of steel and stone among the marines assembling on the decl saround the gangway.
 One Question, "Are We Winning?"
 The German fire was very hot al the time we lay alongside the mole At times the German guns reached as high as 40 shots a minute Durinl the hottest part of the fighting I lief my station in the flame house anC went all around the ship to see how things were going. The spirit of tn, men was excellent. All they asked was are we winning2
 Half an hour after the block ship. went in, we received the signal {, withdraw. The Nindictive's siren wa blown and the men returned from al parts of the mole and thronged dowl the gangway. We put off after hay ing laid alongside just about an hour The Germans made no effort to in terfere with our getaway other thai to continua their hoavv firino,D