Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-06-14

ern pier, and that vanished In a ron
and leap OF flames which called TO tn
guns.
over the town a flame suddenl,
appeared high In the air and snnl
slowly earthwards--the signal that The
aIrpanes bad seen and understood
Almost coincidcntly with their firsi
bombs came the FIRST shells. whooplne
up from the monitors al sea. The sur.
prise part Of the attach was sprung.
Tho surprise. despite the Germnns
wafcbfllncss. seemsto have been com
plote. Up until the moment when the
forDedncs Of The motorbouts exploded
there Ind not been shot from the
land only occasional routine star
shells.
Great Batteries Blinded.
''The motor launches were doing
fhclr work nagnihcentlys These pock-
ct warshlps. manned BY officers and
men Of the Royal Naval volunteers
reserve. are specialists az smoke pro-
ducfoh- They built 20 either hand Of
the yindicfive's course the likeness Of
"a dense sea mist driving landward
With The wind. Star shells paied and
were LOST rs they sank In t.; the
benms or spsrchlights seemed TO break
on short upan rs front. II blinded
the observers Ia the great batteries
which suddenly. upon the wuIning Of
n explosions Of guns, roared into ,ae-
ton
There was while OF tremendous
uproar. The coast about Ostend IL
ponderously equipped With batteries.
These now opened fire lnto the smoke
and over Il at the mohitTs and MAJ
rncs. And fhe monitor1replicd =. =.
meanwhile the .airp'nnes were bomb
lng wethediclly,. and .anil.alrGaft
guns We're searching the Skies for
Them. star shells ,spouted up and
ndafcd down. lighting The smoke banks
with spreading green fires and those
strings Of luminous green balls. which
the alrmen calI thinning onions
soared % 10 lose themselves In the
clouds.
Through all this stridency and blaze
Of conflict the oid vindictlve, stu un-
hurrying was walking the lighted wa
tiers townrd the entrance. II was then
that those on the destroyers became
aware that what seemed TO be merely
smoke was wet and cold that the rig
cling was beginning 10 drip, and that
there were no longer any stars. sea
fog had come on.
Air Attack Suspended.
"1he destroyers had to turn on their
lights and to use their sirens TO keep In |
ouch with each other. The air attack |
vas suspended, and the Vindictive. |
With some distance yet 70 go, found /
herself 10 gross darkness.
There were motor boats on either
'ide OF her escortlng her TO the on
rance.
"The ylndictye then put her helm
'ver and started 10 cruise 10 find the
,nfrance Twice she must have
WISHED across. and at the third turn.
Ipon reaching the positions at which
he first lost her way. there came rift
n the mist and she saw the entrance
nd the piers on either side. and an
pening dead ahead. The yindlctlve
teamed In.
''fhc guns found her at once. She
ms hit every few seconds after she
her SCARED hull broken
fresh In score Of places, her decks
nd upper works swept by machine
uns.
after the control tower was demol-
he'd by q shell which killed all the
,cupants. including Suhlleut Angus :
[. MacI.aehnn. who was In command
Il. the upper and lower bridges and |
Ie chartroom. s,.ept by bullets Com
ander Godsal ordered the officers 10 {
with him " the coming tower.
hey observed through the ohserva-
On slit IA the steel wall of the con-
ne tower thas he eastern pier was
cached some enN yards from the sen o
ard end rs thongh al some time a d
lip had been In collision with Il. h
Nose Aoa;n~t Pier. o
Immediately after passing the f
ehch In the pier Commander GodSal y
Il the conRing tower and went on n
ok. the bettec 20 watch the ships II
,veinents lie chose position and Is
He'd In through the silt of the con
lg tower his order 10 starboard the t.
I'M THE Ylndlctive responded and al
d Ter battered nose 70 the eastern Pc
r and prepared 10 swing her $50 feet "
length across the channel.
~ was st that moment that shell ~
m the shore batteries struck the 10