The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-22
HUNS SURRENDER
SEVERAL U-BOATS
Twenty German Sub
marines Surrender to
English Fleet.
SURRENDERED U-BoATS ARE
BROUGHT TO PORT BY BRITISH
A Basls Sounded on the Curacao
And All ths Gun Crews Took Up
Their Stations, Ready For
H.. Any Possible Trsash-
sry-More Yet.

49,. sry-More Yet.
Twenty German submarines sur
rendered to Rear Admiral Reginald
W. Tyrwhist, 80 miles of Harwict
Wednesday morning at sunrise, &C
eording to a press association dis
patch. These are the first u-boats
to be turned over to the allies by Ger
many.
Admiral Tyrwhitt received the sur
render Of tho German craft on board
his fiasship, a British cruiser.
The surrendered submarines will
proceed to Harwich in charge Of theil
OWE crews. The u-boats were ther
boarded BY British crews and inter
prefers and proceed to Parkeston
quay, nearby. The Germans will
leave the submarines there and re-
turn on transports to Germany.
j Twenty more more submar inet
were surrendered Thursday and 20
more are to be surrendered today
The remainder Of the. u-boats to be
handed over in accordance to the ar
miatice terms will be given up later;
Harwich has one Of the best har-
bors on the east coast Of England. 1t
is IN the county of Essex, northeast
Of London. IT,
= Eye Witness Tells. =.
The following account Of the sur.
render Of the first batch Of 20 Ger.
man submarines which was accom-.
plished this morning at sea is given
by an eye witness Of the incident
More than 80 other German subma.
.rines are to be handed over to the
allied naval command before the
end Of the week.
After steaming some 20 miles
across the North Sea from Harwich
forces which consisted Of five light
cruisers and 20 destroyers, were
sighted. The flagship Of Admiral
Tyrwhitt, the commander, was the
Curacao. High above the squadron
hung a big observation balloon.
The squadron, headed by the flag
ship, then steamed toward the Dutch
coast, followed by the coventry, ORA.
gon, Daniel and Centurer. Other
ships followed in line. The picture
was noble one as the great yes.
sels, with the moon still shining
ploughed their way to take part ir
the surrender of the German u-boats
Soon after the British squadron
started the "Paravenes" were dropp
ed overheard. Those devices, shap,
ed like tops and divert any mines
which may be encountered, for the
vessels were now sweeping a mine
field.
Every one on board donned life
belt and just as the red sun appeared
above the horizon the first German
submarine appeared in sight.
Soon after z o'clock 20 subma
rines were seen in line accompanied
by two German destroyers, the I'll
bania and the Sierra Ventana, which
were to take the submarine crew
back to Germany after the transfer
All the submarines were on tn
surface with their matches open an,
their crews standing on deck. TIL
vessels were flying no flags whateve
and their guns were trained for
and aft in accordance with tn
terms of the surrender.
A bugle sounded on the Curaca,
and all the gun crews took up thei
stations, ready for any possibl
treachery.
The leading destroyer, in respons
to . signal from the admiral, turne'
and led the way towards Englan'
and the submarines were ordered t.
follow, Each cruiser turned, AM
keeping a careful lookout, steamed