Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-09

attention. What saved him possibly
WAS the fact that the defunct Intrepid
was stili emitting huge clouds OF
smoke. which II had been worth no.
oody's while TO turn off. l managed
to catch Il rope as tie motor launch
started. and was towcd Tor a while till
he was observed and taken on board
The whole hlrbor was alive with
small craft. AS the motor lauf.ch
| cleared TO the piles and touched Off.
her crew getscrs thrown up by the
shells. rcscuers and rescued had Il view
OF yet another phase OF the attack
The shore end of the Mole consists of
jctty, and here an old submarine.
commanded by Lieutenant II. d. San
| ford. loaded with explosives, was run
In 10 the piles and touched Off her
| crew getting away in "a boat to where
the usual launch awaited them. Of
| iiccrs describe the explosion as the
! greatest they ever witncssed-a hige
| roaring spout of fame that tore the
| jetty in half and left gap OF over
| 100 feet
| The claims OF another launch to have
sunk torpedo boat alongside the jetty
| is supported by many observers in
| GLIDING officers or the Nindictivc. who
| had seen her mast and funnel across
the Mole. and noticed them disappear.
/ The motor launch from the canal
| cleared the end Of tho Mole. and there
behcld. trim and ready the shape OF
/ the destroyer Warwick with Vice
Admiral keyes on board. and with the
4 great silk flag presented 10 the al :
| miral by the officers of his old ship,
! the Centurion. They stood upon the
| crowded dec..s OF the little Graf, and
chccred IL again and again.
While the Warwick took them on
board. they saw Vindictive. towed
/ loose from the Mole by Danodil, turn
ana make for homc--a great black
| shape, with tunnels CAPPED and leaning
out OF the true flying vast strca,ncr
OF fame as her stokers worked her
up 70 final display Of seventeen knots.
Her forward funnel WAS q sieve; her
decks were n dazzle Of sparks: but
she brought back intact the horseshoe
| nailed TO the funnel which Sir/Rogcr
Reyes had presented to her commander
WIND INTERPRETERS WITH
OsII:ND OPERATIONS
The wind that blew back the smoke
screen at IeehruSgc served us even
worse off Ostend, whore that and moth
Il ing else prevented the success Of an
/ operation ably directed by Commodore
Hubert Lyncs. L. NJ. H. The COASTAL
motor-boats had lit the approaches and
the ends OF the piers with calcium
flares and made n smoke cloud which
enecsuaily hid the fact from the enemy
Sirius and Brilliant were already pas;
the Stream Bank buoy when the WIND
changed. revealing the arrangements
10 the enemy, who exi!nguished tho
flares with gunnre.
The sirius was already In a sink.
ing condition, when At length the two
ships. having failed to find the en-,
trance. grounded, and were forced
therefore, TO sink themselves at a poln
about 400 yards cast of the piers, ans
their crews were taken of by notol
launches under Lieutenant X. y. Hoar
ana Lieutenant r. Bourk4.
TON AND A QUARTER or MOLE
BROUGHT HACK TO ENGLANI
We have brought back a piece. o
me Mole, about ton and a quarte
IN weight, which fell on my shin.
The behavior OF every one wa.
splendid. Everywhere men though
not II themselves, but had only on.
question. Have we WON as IL IL wer,
football match"
CAPTAIN CARPENTERS ACCOUNT
OF NINHICTINE's, EXPLOIT.
Thus Captain Carpenter. or H. ". s
Nindictsve begins his remarkable tai
o.. -. GeorEc's Days great deeds a
: Hecbrugge. He continues:
One poor fellow, lying on the dec,
, with his arm blown of, waved his re
naming hand as / passed and Gallo,
, OUT: The very bes; Of luck Not on!,
. Aad the men volunteered for this cN
PeHttioH from the grand fleet, from
many naval depots. and various com
inands such as Dover. but they wer
,o!d beforehand what might be re
CURED. and fully recognized that ever,
officer might be Knocked out. and tn
men left entirely 10 their own re
sources.
Sinoke-screen craft and tho fas
motor boats at intervals rushed ahead
laying smoke screen and attackin,
enemy vessels with torpedocs. and rnn
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