Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-09
HOW BRITISH TARs
ENTERED HARBORS
Continued From rirst. Pagc)

'@oHtIIucu FROM
from the Germans. other than the In
tense and. unremittinY fire. one after
another the buildings burst into flame.
or split and crumpled. as the dynamite
went or. a bombing party, working
W towards the Mole extension In search
OF the enemy, destroyed, several ma
chinc-gun emplaccmcnts. but not
SINGLE ! 'isoner rewarded them.
II appears that upon the approach OF
the ships. and with the opening OF the
fire. the enemy simply retired. and
contcntfd themselves with bringing
machine guns 10 the shore end Of the
Mole. And while they worked and
destroyed. the covering party below the
Sparapet could see In the harbor, BY the
Hight OF the German starshells. the
SHAPES OF the block ships, stealing in
ana out of their own smoke. and max
(&'s for the mouths OF the canal.
- Thetis came first. streaming into n
tornado of shell from the great bat
teri"s ashore. All her crew, save a
remnant who remained to steam her
IN and sink her. had already been taken
on hH the ubiquitous motor launches
but the remnant spared hands enough
70 Keep her four guns going.
IL was hers to show the road 10
intrepid and Iphigcnia. who followed
shc cleared the string OF armed barges
winch defends the channel from the
UP or the Mole. but had the III fortune
TO foul one of her propellers upon the
net defense which TANKS IL on the
shore side.
inc propeller gathered in the net.
ana rendered her practically unman-
dEcapic: the shore batteries found her
ana pounded her unrcmittingly: she
Jumped INTO bank. edged off and
iound herself In the channel again stu
some hundreds OF yards from tho
mouth Of the canal. in practically
sinking condition.
As she lay. she signalcd invaluable
IONS 20 Inc others. and her Com
fnander II. S. Sncyd D. $. o.. accord
ingly blew the charges and sank her.
a motor launch. under Lieutenant IL.
Litticton. raced alongside. and took off
heF GREY" Her losses were Ave Killed
ana i've wounded.
lntrepid smoking like volcano. and
with all her guns blazing. followed.
heF motor launch had failed To get
alongside outside tho harbor, and sh .
mao men enough for anything Straight
ih'o the canal she stcercd. her smoke
blowing back from her into Iphipentn,s
eyes. so that the latter, blinded and
sDins Htile wild. rammcd "A drcdger
WIN barge moorcd beside IL. which
Jay AZ the western arm Of the canal
Shc got clear though. and entered Tho
canal. pushing the barge before hor
~ was then that shell hit the steam
connections OF her whistle and the
escape or steam which followed drove
on some OF the smoke and let her sec
what she was doing.
Lieutenant n.,l...
commanding the Intrepid, placed Tho
nose OF his ship neatly on tho mud OF
INC western bank. ordered his CROW
away; and blew up his ship hy tho
switches in the chart room. Four duiI
humps was all that could be heard
ana Immediately afterwards there a..
rived on deck tho engineer who Ia
becn IN the engine-room during rms
explosion. and reported that ali was
us u should be.
Lieutenant L. w Bnlyard-Leake
commanding lphigentia. .beachod he,
according 10 arrangement, on the east.
ern side. blew her up, saw her .dror
nicely across the canal, and lief, ne,
WIN her engines sun going TO hold
her In position Till She should hav,
pedoed wei! down on the bottom
according 10 latest reports from al.
observation, the two old ships VIII
their holds fun OF concrete, are living
across the canal In Il 'v'' position,
and II is probable that the work the,
SCI OUT TO do has been accomplished
ana that tho canal is enectirely
blocked =
motor launch. under Lieutenant p
u Deane. had followed them in 10 brinp
away the crews, and waited turthe,
UP the canal towards the mouth
against the western bank. Leutenan,
'ohham carter. having sent away his
boats, was reduced TO Carlcy foat
an apparatus like an exaggerated life,
buoy, with n floor 10 grating
Upon contact with the water /,
ignited calcium fare, and he was
hdrift in the uncanny illumination with
German machne-sun fcw hundred
yards away giving him it's undivided