Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-24

i New York, Texas, Arkansas, Wyom-
 ing and Florida, were prtpared to 1 fire every gun in forty seconds after
 the signal was given by Read Admi-
 ral Hugh Rodman, who said to the 1 correspondent after sailing: "There ! is not the slightest probability of any trouble, but we are overlooking no chances against making the wind
 up of this show a big success The main allied fleet extending Ov- CT line fourteen miles long in the Firth of Forth began to weigh an- chor at one o'clock in the morning. The Scotch mist which for days had obscured the harbor was swept away by a stiff breeze, and the moon shone brilliantly. The ships quickly took their stations in the long double line they had held throughout the day. British battle cruisers led the way, followed by dreadnaughts. Admiral .Beatty's flagship, the Queen Eliza beth, led the squadron ill the north ern column. The American warships fell into line behind Admiral Beatty's craft, balancing British squadron similar in power ill the opposite file.
 The rendezvous was approximately 30 miles distant and the ships gaug- cd their speed to arrive at the ap- pointed places at eight o'clock. At five o'clock signal summoned the men into battle stations. Except for the officers on the bridges, the ships companies were hidden behind bull warks of steel. When dawn broke, the sea was again covered with mist, which reduced the visibility to less than 5000 yards.
 Eyes straining through the haze fi- nally were rewarded. Off the star board bow the Cardiff trailing an observation kite balloon, came steam ing in. Close behind her came the first of the German ships, the great battle cruiser Seydlitz, which was flying the flag of Commodore Fog ert After her came four others of the same type, the Derflinger,' von Der Tam, Hindenburg and Moltke. They moved along three cable length apart.
 Immediately following them were nine dreadnaug the Friedrich Der Crosse, flagship of Read Admiral von Reuter-; the Koenig Albert. Kaiser, Kron Prinz Wilhelm, Kaiserin, Bay ern, Markgraf, Rrinz Regent Luitpold and the Grosser Kurfuerst.
 Three miles astern of the battle ships came seven light cruisers, the Karlsruhe, bearing the ensign of Commodore Harder; the Frankfort, linden, Burnburg, Drummer, Coln, and Bremen.
 Then came another gap of three miles and German destroyers ap peared steaming in, five columns abreast, with ten destroycrs to a column.
 Six miles separated the allied columns and squaIely between them the Cardiff brought Ter charges, ali steaming at the stipulated speed of ten knots As ordered the guns were in regular fore and aft posi- tions and as far as powerful glasses could determine, there was no sign to provoke suspicion. Until all the major ships had been swallowed up in the enveloping allied columns the latter never for moment relax ed their alert watch Over the Ger mans circled British dirigihle which acted as eyes for the allied ships, which, although the fog had lifted, were still too distant for accurate observation.
 When the leading German ships had reached tho western end of the flanking columns, the allied ships put about in squadrons. Quickly reforming their lines, they proceed cd to escort the enemy into the Firth of Forth. By noon the last wisp of