The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-27
WARS END REVEALS
TALES OF EXPLOITS
Heroic Deeds of Britishers,
Held Up by Censor, Now
Made Public.
BALLOON CREWS WORK
Submarines Fared Badly at
Hands of Intrepid Air
Fighters.

! LONDON, Jan. 9.-Some very remark
! able stories of the war are now being
released by the British authorities. Here
are a few of them that vary from the
/ torpedoing of warship to save Dover
from destruction to a British airman
who foiled the attempt Of a German u
boat commander to torpedo the Tay
bridge, one OF the strategic points OF
the great British naval base at Rosyth.
| In the case OF the torpedoed warship,
! the disa ster took place shortly before the
| last big advance In Belgium. and at the
! time Dover Harbor was full OF war
vessels. including four monitors which
were to take part In the operations on
the coast. In the dusk of the evening
a tremendous explosion shook the town,
and in few minutes crowds were flock
1 ing to the sea front.
| There at anchor. and burning furi-
ousy, was H. NJ. S. Glatten. At inter-
walls loud explosions occurred, and tug
boats and pinnaces were busy around
the vessel taking off injured men. Doc
tors and motor ambulances were sum-
moned, and the victims were taken TO
the military hospital.
The fire increased in intensity, and
about 7 o'clock Vice-Admiral Keyes,
| realizing the danger 10 the crowd on the
front, called for the help Of the mill
tary. Troops. in full marching order and
! with bayonets ixed. arrived. and the
crowds we're shepherded into the back
! streets
1t was feared that the hre would
reach the Glatten's magazines, and IL
| this had happened disaster would have
befallen the town. The danger was in
creased by the presence Of other craft
with explosives on board, including depth
| charges, while in the vicinity was a
loaded munition ship waiting to sail for
France.
Monitor Goes Down.
! Vice-Admiral Keyes went on board the
Glatten. Flames were licking the bridge
| and mast, and the glare lit up the har-
Dor.
Suddenly a muffled report was heard
smoke shot up In the air. and the Glat-
ten was seen to be settling down. The
monitor had been sunk by torpedoes
Destroyer Broke. OF the Channel fight
fame, fired three torpedoes into her
Several officers and men landed during
the fire unhurt, but their blackened
faces and soorched uniforms indicated
the danger they had escaped large
number OF the crew were removed to
a hospital suffering from burns and
other injuries. and about thirty died
Some OF the crew, It is believed. were
trapped below. and went down with
their ship.
The Glatten sank on her broadsido. and
at low tide her specially fitted side tanks
gave her the appearance OF huge
whale.
BY a strange coincidence. at Folke-
stone a week later, the cross-channel
streanier Onward, used as a TRANSPORT
mysteriously caught fire while moored
TO the quay and sank. Half an hour
before there was no sign of fire.
The airman spotted a large submarine
lying at the bottom of the river only a
few miles from Dundee
There is little doubt that a lombard
ment Of the town was intended, and the
destruction Of the Tag bridge. vital to
! British communications, the principal
objective of this sea pest
The sand bottom at the Tay estuary
suited the purposes of the pirates ad-
mrahly.
The moment the airrnan sighted the
l-boat he got in touch with the mine
sweepers and patrol boats
large number Of sweepers swooped
down upon the spot. patrol boats passed
ana fpassed each other in and around
the vicinity, and destroyers rushed from
the fou, points of the compass, eager
10 join in the marine tally-ho.
The scent became keen about 6 80
! T. NJ. less than an hour later the I--boat
received the coup dc grace
U-Boat Meets Doom.
The wire ropes Of the sweepers struck
the mark. tho obstruction was located
and a number of depth charges were
lowered and fired
Eventually the large patrol boat Jes-
smith came on the scene, and. after
careful obse rvance, dropped a heavy
depth charge This did IT,
OIL and Wreckage rose 70 the surFa 70
Soundings were taken. and there the
wreck lay in about fifteen fathoms of
water.
When divers went down, 4 was dis
covered that the majority of the crew
were still within the wreck, several
badly mangled and all OF course dead.
Thirteen bodies were removed, taken
to the harbor AT the dead OF night and
buried quietly in the Western Cemetery.
Pieces of the mangled bodies were
picked up on both sides OF the Tay, one
being the arm OF an officer, the identih-
cation of rank being ascertained by the
marks on the sleeve.
good deal of the equipment of the
vessel, including the two guns was
salved, and a part OF the wreckage is
now being exhibited at the Albert In
stitute. Dundee.
Another similar incident Is recounted
by one of the British airmen participant
ing. The men on the ground grow
rapidly smaller" he commenced the
great hangers begin TO look like dog
kennels. and wider and wider grows the
, expanse OF the sea.
The three airmen in the gray gon-
} dola OF the British a!rshlp are hardly
conscious OF the long silver envelope
above them. The wireless operator is
adjusting hts instruments. the pilot is
watching his engine and air pressures
the observer is looking at his guns and
his charts
The alrshp steadily noses its way out
to sea, few hundred feet over the
glittering waves. 4 blue spark splits
out from the wireless. with noise
, which Is audible above the clamor of
the engine. as the operator calls up
the station on the shore,
1.-TWO ships had been sunk at a point
so miles from land. and the airship
was on its way to take its part in
the operations against the German sub
marine which was working in these
waters)
THE land fades into a thin gray line