Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-06-14
Hail OF Fire Sent Ship TO the
Bottom of 0stend
Harbor.
SURPRISE is WELL PLANNED
Attack Comes From Sea. Lard and
Ar Before Germans Awske--vin.
dietive. Screened BY Smoke
From Launches. piods ST.
lentiyto lie Goal

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following graphic story % thf recent
raid on Ostend which resulted In
hlockadGe nearly an the entrance 20
.he u.boat hase by the sinking ~ the
Old cruiser Nindlctiyo across the chan
mel
eThc Sirius lies In the narf some ..
90 yards east u the entrance 10 os'
TEND harhor. which ~ae failed so gnl-
sanity % block aud whcn 10 the early
hours ~ the morning the ylndicsive
CROPPED her way propgi the smoke
screen and headed FOR the entrance II
was ~ though In old hghung ship
ssgokr and looked on.
- coastal motor hont had visited
beg aud hung fare IN her sfnck and
rusty rigging nnd thai eyr ~ unsteady
IRE. pailng IA The bTaze % star shells
or reidenine through the drift o.
smoke Watched the 'hole great enter
price from the .momFat whcn u hung
IN 5anbi "a It's ultimate success.
oeperded en- Surprise Attack.
THE planning and exccution of that
eaccess Ind been siussuefed byf Wee
Admiral SIR Robert Kryes "a conmo
dore Hcberi Lynes. who directed The
asAniicmpt 20 block tho harbor
with The Sirius and Brilliant Upon
that occasion combination OF unf0r'.
seen and unfose~eenble conditions had
fought against him.
Upon this. the main problem was
90 obtain the effect Of surprise 81.
tack upon al enemy who was clearly.
from his aseertained dispositions. ex-
pecting him. The Sirius and Brilliant
hae been bafiicd by the displacement
~ the Siroogn bank buoy. which mnrks
ghe channel 90 the harbor entrunce. |
Hut since then aerial reconnaissance
bad established thnf the Germans had |
removed the buoy altogether and that |
there now were no guiding marks OF
any kind
They also had cut gaps In the piers
rs n precaution against landing. and |
further when toward midnight Thurs
day the ships moved from their an.
choragc II was known that some nine
German destroyers were out and were
al large upon the coast.
Night Nearly MINDLESS
'~rhe solution OF the problem Is best
Indicated by the chronicle Of events.
u WIS a night that promised wen for
the entcrprlse--nearly MINDLESS and
Whist little hreeze stirred came point
or 80 west OF north. The sky was lead
blue. family stnrdotfcd. with no moon.
and stu sea for small craft. motor
launches and coastal motor boats,
those work was done close inshore.
.From The destroyer which served
the commodore for flagship the re
nHlnder % the force were visible only
as Slihouettes OF biackncss
"trom Dunkirk a sudden brief fur
~ Of gunfre announced that German
nlrplancs were nbout. They actually
were on the way 20 visit Calnis. aud
over the Invisible const OF Flanders the
summer lightning Of restless artillery
fa~c and fell monotonouSly
There's the vlndictiyeF The muf. =
fed senmen ana marines standing by
the torpedo tubes and guus turned NJ
hat name 90 gaze az the great black "
ship seen misiiiy through the screen
uE smoke from the dcslroyers fun
pels ploddlng silently 10 her goal and
-nd
Sbc receded Into the night asiern
$ destroyer ruced % las Hight D
buoy that was to be her guide. ANA !
hose 90 board saw her NO more. She q
PASSED thence into the hands Of the y
mall craft whose mission was to guide g
ler light her. and hide her IN the q
'soods On a smoke screen. ~
There was no preliminary bonn ~
'arsimenf ~ the harhOr aud batteries. ~
. before The previous attempt Thai u
FEs 10 BE- the first element In the sur
rise A timetable had been laid "
oYn Tor every stage of the operation =.
nj the siaff work beforehand even
aeifided precise or'iers Tor having the
noke harrnge with plans calculated
b. every direction % the wind r
Gait Always Solemn |
Monitors anchored Va airing posi-
ons FIR seaward awaited the signal.
te great sea batteries 81 the Royal
larsne artillery IN Flanders among
~ largest guns that were ever placed
q laud foountinea. stood ty likewise
N'NtANNirf wv 'AN-fN ffNlHttil HfNNf- |
~ along the coast and the nirmen 4
ha we're 10 collaberate wish an aeri-
Dombardmehs - the town wnited II
iusevhere IN the darkness overhead
s~troyers Tatrolie6 70 seaward ~ the
eall craft
The fn6ictive. always az that
,ieinn gsit ~ beers. found the flag
liffg flehf hu0x and borp an Tor Il
here coastal motor boar commend +
! By Lieut. william r. Slayief was +
sIuas by calcium aaTe upon the old
sslsian " The stroom bank buoy II
-'F-sr minutes before Il arrived u
Iere and fifteen minutes only before 4
was due AZ the harbor mouth. the
gnsi for the ggiss 70 open WIS oven. b,
10 m0torboats. under command Of hi
ieuf. Albert L. Poland dashed IN ia
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