Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-30
GIVES LvEA GLADLY

GIVES LlvEA GLADLY
London, April ,26.-(To Reuters OF
tawa Agency "Details Of the British
naval raid on the German submarine
base at Zeebrugge as contained in the
official narrative issued by the admir-
atty show to what lengths the crews
of the cruiser Vindictive and the Liv
erpool fenyboats Iris and Danodil
sacrificed themselves to draw the at
tenuon of the Germans from the three
cruisers assigned to block the canal.
Concerning the engagement on the
mole where the Vindictive landed
storming parties, the account say:
The Dahodil, after aiding the vlndtci.
tive, should have proceeded to land
her own men but Captain Carpenter
ordered her to remain as she was
with her bows against the vindictive's
quarter, pressing the latter ship into
the mole. Her casualties in the fight
considering her position we're
small, one killed and eight
wounded, among the latter being her
commander, Lieutenant Campbell, who
was struck in the right eye by shell
splinter.
MANY KILLED ON IRIS.
The Iris had trouble. Her own first
attempts to make fast to the mole
and the vindictive failed, as her
grapnels were not large enough to
span the parapet Two officers, Brad
ford and Hawkins, climbed ashore and
sat astride the parapet. trying to make
the grapnels fast. till each was killed
and fell down between the ship and
walls. Commander Gibbs had both
legs shot away and died next morn
ing.
The Iris was obliged at last to
change her position and fall In astern
Of the Vindictive. She suffered very
heavily from the fire. \ A single big
shell plunged through the upper deck
and burst below at the point where
fifty-six paarines waited the order to
go to the gangways. Forty-nine were
killed, the remaining seven being
wounded Another shell burst in a
ward room which was serving as a
sick bay and killed four officers and
twenty-six men. Her total casualties
were 8 officers and 50 men killed; 1O2
men and officers wounded.
GERMAN FIRE lNcEssAhT.
The storming and demolishing
parties on the mole met with no re-
resistance from the Germans other
than intense and unremitting fire.
The demolition parties moved to their
appointed work in perfect order.
while they worked and destroyed,
the covering party below the parapet
could see in the harbor by the light OF
the German star shells the shapes OF
the block ships stealing in out of their
own smoke and making for the mouth
of the canal. The Thetis came hrst,
running into a tornado Of shells from
the great batteries ashore. The crew,
save a remnant which had remained
to steam her in and sink her. already
had been taken off by motor launches
But the remnants spared hands enough
to keep her fore guns going.
SET WAY. TO BEACH
ut was her task to show the roan
to the Intrepid and 1phigenia. which
followed. She cleared a score o.
armed barges which dotted the chan.
mel from the tip Of the mole but fouled
her propeller upon the net device
which rendered her practically unman.
ageable. The shore batteries pounded
her unremittingly until she bumped in
to the bank, edged of and found her
self in the channel again, still some
hundreds Of yards from the mouth OF
the canal. While practically in sink
ing condition, she signaled invaluable
directions to the others and Captain
Sneyed. accordingly blew charges and
sank her. The motor launches under
the command Of Lieutenant Littleton
raced alongside and took of he1
crew. Her loss was 5 killed and
wounded.
TWO SHIPS SUNK IN MUD
1.-THE Intrepid. smoking like q vol
cano and with all her guns blazing
was followed by her motor launch
which failed to get alonside in the out
side harbor and she had men enough
for anything. Straight into the har
Dor she steered.
Lieut.. Stuart Bonham Carter, com
manding, placed the nose of his shir
neatly on the mud Of the western
banks. He ordered the crew away and
blew up the ship by switches in the
chart room Four dull bumps was al
that could be heard
Lieut.. Billyard Leak. commandins
the Iphigenia. beached her according
to arrangement on the eastern side
blew her up and saw her drop nicely
across the canal and left her there
with her engines still going to holI
her in position until she should nave
settled we'll on the bottom"
AMES BOY IS KILLED
IN BATTLE WITH HUNS