Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-05-01
BRITISH HOPEFUL OF SUCCESS
OF Attempt to Block Channcl-Gcr-
mans Sily Failure.

blocks the greater part Of the chan
mel in the harbor Of Osterd, accord
ing to an official bulletin issued by
the admiralty
Thrilling Stories.
Dover, England, April 2A.--Crews
of the ships which took part in the
raid on Zccbrugge have many thrill
inS stories Of their adventure. One
OF them has described how, despite
the fact that the Germans discovered
their presence while they we're still
outside the harbor, they made their
way in through heavy gunfire, the
Vindictive reaching the wharf where
she made for in an hour and one
half.
"A landing party was put ashore"
the seaman said, "and we captured
the German guns on the wharf and
turned them around, firing them on
the German fortified positions. AS
far as we could see there was not a
place Of any military Importance
left. We destroyed lot.
"We had to leave many Of our
landing parties behind, but they
were taken off by motor boats.
Motor boats destroyed every
floating thing in sight, including two
German destroyers and some subma-
rines. Those Of the landing party
who remained behind to continue the
work Of smashing German guns
knew they would either lose their
lives or be taken prisoner"
Rescued by Destroyer.
The crew Of one Of the British sub
marines which was used to destroy
the German piers Mt Zeebrugge dur
ing yesterday mornings raid were
rescued, according to member Of
the crew, by an escorting destroyer.
The sailor said that after the de-
stroyer slipped the submarine at the
entrance to the harbor the under
water boat made straight for the
target. A time fuse was set and the
crew abandoned the craft few mo-
ments later. The submarine struck
the object and blew up. The sailor
said the pier was blown to pieces.
Warns Against disappointment.
London, April 24.-Admiral Lord
Boresford, in an interview on the
raid of the German submarine bases,
while eulogizing the Zeebrugge
achievement as a splendid thing and
quite worth attempting, warns
against disappointment If the results
do not reach the most sanguine eX-
pectations. lie says thst the block
ing Of a harbor is most difncult un-
dertaking and it never can be certain
that the obstacles have been placed
just right. Moreover, Lord Beres-
ford says. there is always the possi-
bility OF dredging channel around
the obstacles or finding a passage be-
tween them.
German Account Of Raid.
Berlin, April 2i.---ln the British
naval raid Tuesday morning on the
German submarine bases on the Bel
gian coast the German admiralty an.
nounces that, in addition to the five
British cruisers sunk near the coast,
three destroyers and a number Of
motor boats were sunk by the fire of
the coast batteries.
The raid was frustrated, the war
offlce announces Only forty men
were landed on the mole, according
to the announcement, and these were
killed or captured.
Beyond damage caused to the mole
by torpedo, the official statement
adds, the harbor works and coast
batteries at Heebrugge were undam-
aged. One German torpedo boat
suffered slight damage.
after violent bombardment by the
enemy at sea some small cruisers, es-
corted by humorous destroyers and
motor boats, and conveyed by thick
veil OF artificial fog, pushed forward
near Ostend and zeebrugge, with tho
intention OF destroying tho locks and
harbor works.
'According to prisoners, four
companies Of marines were to occupy
tho mole at Ieebruggc by coup de
main in order to destroy all struc-
lures. guns and war material thereon
and the vessels lying In the harbor.
only about 40 Of them got on the
mole. These fell into our hands,
some alive and some dead. On the
narrow high wall OF the mole both
OartieS fought with tho utu,o,+