Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-25
TYRW Lift, HERO
OF OSTENA RAID,
DARING BR|TON
Admiral Has Engaged in Many
Exploits Since Opening of
the War.
REPUL Sc GERMANS ALWAYS

Admiral Reginald lorke Tyrw whitt S
accomplishments as an officer of the
Roval Navy since England entered the
war against Germany VIII constitute an
interesting chapter of the HISTORY of the
great conflict. His raid on Ostend and
Zcebrugge ON Tuesday was not his first
On June ). 1917. he commanded naval
raid ON Ostend which developed into n
running fight between his famous light
squadron and a German DESTROYER ilotIla
IN which one German destroyer was sunk
and another badly damaged without loss
TO the British
When England declared war. TYR
whit was n commodore IN command of
'he destroyer hotilla of the First Fleet
In August. 1914. soon after war began, nc
selected as his flagship the saucv Are
thusa which afterward won fame in the
battle of Hellgoland and later was sunk
by mine in the North Sea On Aug 20,
1911. the Arcthusa led her division INTO
Heligoland Blight. What followed Is told
IN the official report aS follows:
The ArethuSa leading the line of
destroyers. was first attacked hy two
German cruisers and sharply engaged
Tor thlrty-hvc minutes at a range of
5000 wards this entire action was fought
IN light mist at remarkably close range
with the result that she suffered some
damage and casualties hut drove of the
German cruisers. ono OF which WAS serious
" injured by her siX-inCh guns
1t was Commodore Tyrwhltt on the
flagship Arethusa. followed hy the other
vessels of his light squadron, who on the
morning of Jan. 24, 1918. caught four
big German battle cruisers headed across
the North Sea. bound for Ireland, and II
was Tyrwhitts : flagship that, after the
Lion and her fellows had again come up
and driven the Germans home III a
running fight of severa, hours, came
UP To the BlueChcr fallen out Of line
and finished here with a torpedo The |
Bluecher was four tunes he Arcthusa :
size.
In another action in the North Sea.
ON March II. 1916. TyrwhItt'S vessels |
sank two German de.troycrs. lie had |
British scapIanes 70 their |
rendezvous close 70 the German coast |
from where they attacked German |
arship sheds east of the Islands Of Svlt |
in nSchleswig-Holstein. Again ON May 10, |
Tyrwhitt's scouting force. cruising he |
tween the Dutch and English coasts. |
sighted eleven German dcstroycrs and |
chased them to within range II the /
batteries at Zecbrugge.
Since the beginning oi the European |
war Admiral TNIwhtt has received the
service order, has been
mentioned in official dispatches for his
courage and capahiItv. and has received
the thanks Of the Admiralty. He is
Of the bath and commander
in the legion Of honor
The vindictive j, j light cruiser If
$3.50 tonnage and 10000 Indicated hor>t
power She carries, ordinarily, ten T.
inch guns ) twelve Founders and one three
FOUNDER She was rccomnissloned At
Portsmouth in March 1918.
The five vessels sunk ut blown UP
o block the channel were all light cruisers,
'ach with 81 tonnage Of $500 except the
rhetls n vessel OF ). 400 tons The SIRIUS
ormcrlv was tender to the Excellent
-ach had Id 0nO indicafcd hnrsc-nnMt.r