El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-04-25
Lockgate Destroyed by
British; Zeebrugge
Out Of Business.
MAY TAKE WEEKS
TO FIX UP PORT
Immense Damage Done
to Mole; Brave Deed
Without Precedent.
YANKEES" YELL
SCARED HUNS
Boches in Wild Shirt-tail
Parade dubbed by
Bold Assailants.

(By Leased Wire to New MexIcan.)
New York, April 24.-Not
only was the mouth Of the
canal at Zeebrugge blocked,
but British sailors and marines
who participated in the raid
on the German submarine
believed that they de-
stroyed every gun on the mole,
demolished the sheds through
out its entire length and blew
up large stores of munitions
contained in the sheds, accord
ing to stories given by the sur
vivors to the correspondent of
the New York Times, at a
port.
Until they were within half a mile
OF the harbor of Zeebrugge, no ships
in the attacking force had picked up
the light on the mole: The attack
ing ship which started for the mole
followed by muttered calls of Good
Luck from the ships companies of
the escorting fleet outside the har-
Dor, had scarcely got within sight of
the light when it was discovered by
the Germans:
Star shells instantly pierced the
thick haze, showing up the cruiser as
clearly as though it had been day
light, One second it seemed as IL
every battery in the neighborhood
had concentrated its fire on the
cruiser. How she was able to get
ahead none of those watching her
understood. Great 17-inch shells and
others of smaller calibre flew around
her like hail. She was apparently
hit by some of the smaller ones, but
she plugged ahead and was seer
to turn the corner of the mole and
gain the inside of the harbor. This
German fire apparently was defect
ed from vital parts from the inter
vening structure of the mole ana
most of the damage done was abovD
the water line.
Huns Yell Americans"
D~isregarding all that had happen
ed, the cruiser went up to the mole
and landed q large party of blue
jackets and marines. The German
defenders conceived the idea that
their ~assailants were Americans and
according to some of the survivors
this cry was heard:
TITS the Americans! It's the
Yankeesi" Some of the Germans
bolted enmasse from the nearest
batteries leaving their guns to the
British. The guns were destroyed
one by one, while others in the land
ing party dealt with the sheds and
munition stores with flame throwers.
Apparently under cover of this
operation" continues the account
sent by the Times correspondent,
"the concrete laden cruisers with
which it was intended to block the
channels, made their way through the
harbor, accompanied as far as it can
ascertained by n submarine. AS
they approached the entrance they
anchored, swung around on the
and, according to the testf-
mony of one of the observers, were
sunk within 90 minutes"
One of the '~destroyers or subma-
rines, exploded a charge at the gates
of the lock to the Bruges canal and
they are believed to have been de-
strOyed. Meanwhile four destroyers
the harbor and cruised
making observations, but
were unable to take part in the bat
tie.
When the attacking ship and it's
party had completed their
work, the sailors and marines were
taken aboard again, despite the DAM
aged conditions of the cruiser, which
then began to make its way out OF
The harbor.
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