The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-20

hardly any sleep. no water, sometimes
no food. They nude mark there at
GallIpoli that the world will have to
go some to beat.
Our boys were on the job, too. We
held our part Of the works until the
time came for everybody to quit, and
Il was no picnic. The French SHOULD
be very proud OF the work their nav.
diJ6there In the Dardane''es,
On our sixth trip ] saw ii. NJ. s.,
Goliath get II. She was struck three
times By torpedoes and then shelled.
The men were flounderlng around In
the water, with shrapnel cutting the
waves all around them. Caly a hum
dred odd of her crew were snyed.
One day, OF Cape Helles, during
our seventh trick at the Dnrdanelles,
we sighted sub perlscope Just about
dinner time. The Prince George and a
destroyer sighted the sub ut the same
time. and the Prince George let 10
two rounds before the periscope dis
appeared. but did not hit the mark.
Transports; battleships End cruisers
were thick around there, all at anchor,
and Il was great place for sub
TO be.
In no time at all the destroyers
breezed out with their tails In the
air, throwing smoke screen around
the larger ships. They hunted high
and low, all over the spot where she
had been sighted and all around 1t,
thinking to ram II or bring 1t to the
surface, so we could take crack at
II. All the rest of the feet-battle-
ships and ransports-weighe anchor
at once and steamed ahead at full
speed.
II was n great sight. Any new ship
coming up would have thought the
British and French nnvies had gone
crazy. We did not have any fixed
course, but were steaming as fast as
we could In circles and half circles,
and dashlng madly from port to star
board. We were not going ta allow
that sub to get a straight shot at US,
but we almost rammed ourselves
doing II. It was case Of chase-tail
for every ship in the fleet.
But the sub did not show itself
again that day, and we anchored
again. That night, while the destroy
ers were around the ships, we slipped
our cables and patrolled the coast
along the Australian position at Gaba
Tepe, but we did not anchor.
The following day the Albion went
ashore In the fog, south OF Gaba Tepe,
and as soon as the fog lifted the Turks
let loose and gave 1t to her hot A
Turkish ship came up and, with any
kind Of gunnery, could have raked her
fore and aft, but the Turks must
have been pretty shy Of gun sense,
for they only got in one hit before
they were driven off by II. M. s. Cam
opus, which has made such fine
record In this war.
Then the Campus pulled In close to
the Albion, got wire hawser aboard,
and attempted to tow her out under
heavy FIRE, but as soon as she started
pulling the cable snapped. The crew.
OF the Albion were ordered aft and
jumped up on the quarter deck to
try and shift the bow Off the bank.
At the same time the fore turret and
the fore slx.inch guns opened up a
hot fire on the Turkish positions to
lighter the ship and shift her by the
conclusions OF the guns. For long
time they could not bulge her. Then
the Campus got another hawser
aboard and with guns going and the
crew jumping and the Campus pulling,
the old Albion finally slid on and both
shlps backed into deep water with
little harm done TO either. Then they
returned to their old anchorages,
AT Cape Helles every one was Wide
awake. We were all on the lookout
for subs and you could not find on
man mapping, Anything at all pnsfed