Evening journal., 1918-12-04

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scrambled across the Vindictiye an
landed that way.
"The wind had changed about fifteel
minutes before we came alongside tn
Mole; all the smoke had cleared of an,
the harbour was plain TO the eye. Tha
helped the Huns to pot at us. and the,
took tine advantage Of it. The din, a.
you can guess, was terrific. and thinl
they got the old Vindictlve in ever,
visible spot.
suddenly the thing happened fol
which we had been, semi-consciously
waiting. There was a tremendous roar
and up went huge tower Of flame ant
debris and bodies into the black sky
My fellows cheered Ike mad. for they
knew what Il meant. Sandford had goi
home beneath the viaduct with his an
cient submarine and touched her of
! never say such a column Of flame
IL seemed a mile high
must tell you a curious feature OF
this AFFAIR As he approached the Mole
they got the searchllghts on TO him
and began firing at him. That was a
nasty position. because she was stuffed
iull or explosives, and also had a big
quantity OF petrol on board. But when
they saw him still coming on, and DASH
Ing straight at the Mole, they stepped
firing and simply gaped. / suppose they
thought he was mad
anyway they paid for their curios-
iiy. On the viaduct itself there were
a whole lot Of Huns-masses OF them.
There they stood, staring at Sandford
IN his submarine. The searchlights lit
them up. Then. presently, came the
explosion, and bang went the whole
lot to gloryi They must have been
the most surprised Huns since the war
started
"All this time, OF course, a lot Of other
things were happening. Many of the
seamen and marines had landed on the
Mole and were making fine play with
the astonished Germans Some went
right 20 the head Of the Mole and found
the guns deserted One gun, / must
tell you, had not even been uncovered.
which is clear proof that the garrison
was aiken by surprise. Others were
chashg the enemy all down the Mole
towafis the yiaduct, which they were
nevertO cross, and some went into the
shed told you about and dealt with
such people rs they found
"Th men in the flghting-top were
also ding fell work. All along the Mole.
you &c. and close under the fifteen
foot larapet. there are dug-outs or
funk-ples. At first the Huns popped
into iese, but by-and-by it occurred
30 thin that they would certainly be
foundand spitted il they stayed there,
80 thlbright idea occurred to them Of
nlppig across the Mole and dropping
downlhe side into their own destroy
ers ling there. An excellent scheme
but IT our fellows in the lghting-top,
who licked them OF With their Lewis
guns IS they ran.
"Tbse chaps In the lghting-top had
90 pa for It, though. in the end. They
wereattractlng a lot Of attention, and |
the Huns were constantly trying TO /
droTa shell amongst them. They sue
cesdd at last I'm sorry to say, and |
laidtut every man jack but One-Ser- /
geal Finch. He was wounded badly, |
outraged himself out from under the |
bodls Of his pals and went on work |
inghis little gun until he couldn't /
wot It any longer.
cow we come 10 the blOck-ships. /
Wcsaw Thetis come steaming into the |
hajor IN grand style. She made |
stnght for the opening TO the canal. |
ans you can imagine that she was a /
blae OF light and a target for every big !
thig they could bring 10 bear She 1
wa going tOpplngly, all the same, when /
sh had the rotten luck TO catch her /
prpeller In the defense-nets. Even /
lhh. however, she did fine work. She
slaaned Instructions to the Intrepid /
I'd Iphigenia, and so they managed TO
and the nets. II was a gorgeous piece
of,O-OperatiOnl
md, by the way, I'm not at all sure |
tht Thets won't give even more trOu-
bitO the enemy than the other two.
] Cd you something. / think. about the
iesency Of the harbOr 20 silt up. Well, II
Tbus Is lying plump In the channel
TT must always be kept clear OF silt.
Ts consequence Is that the silt Will
cdect all round her and over her, and
ioubt whether she will ever be re-
mVable.
TO set back TO the other blook-shlps.
Invent Intrepid. and in after her went
Illgenia. They weren't content, you
l,bw. 20 sink themselves at the mouth
oIthe canal. That was not the idea
a'all. They had to go right In, with
ens firing pOint-blank at them from
Nth banks, sink their ships, and get
lick as best they could. And they did
/ They blocked that canal as neatly
ad effectively as we could have wished :
/ our most optimistic moments, and
hen, thanks 10 the little motor
lunches, which were handled with the
nest skill and pluck, the commanders