The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-25
SCOTTISH OFFICERS DARING EXPLOIT
 DEALT DEATH TO BOLSHEvIKI FLEET

past the first destroyer, past the sec
 ond. along side the third, and then
 the Oieg lay right ahead A click, a
 hiss, a deafening roar. Torpedo ''NO.
 1" had torn through the side of the
 big Russian cruiser. Almost at the
 moment the torpedo left the tube
 'JOck's'' arm went up, and the 'C.
 M. B. went Careenins madly round the stern of the cruiser. Another
 click, hiss, and roar, and torpedo No.
 % had torn a huge rent into the star board side of the giant enemy.
 The destroyers which surrounded the doomed ship seemed to suddenly come to life with the deafening
 noises which now rent the air. Their 1 decks were crowded with men, who shouted and gesticulated wildly. The OIes listed heavily, listed until the men who crowded upon her sloping decks went slitherlng Into the waters of the gulf Then like a drunken giant the huge warship toppled on to her side, and the waters clcsed ever her. Through his glasses the
 gallant Scot watched the sinking of the cruiser, watched the destroyers making ready to give chase te him, the wasp had inflicted the fatal wound.
 Chased by DCstrOEcrs.
 A boom from a gun on board one of the destreyers. and long thin column uf water lcapt into the air, showing where the shell had eNplod- ed not 60 yards from the motor boat. Another and another, but the target
 was a small and rapidly moving one. Six Red destroyers, belChing forth huge. dense clouds of black smoke came tearing after the British "C, M. B. now buc q 7nc-r zpecS. As they chased the tiny boat they sent shell after shell in her direction, but none found their mark,
 In their palmy days Russia pos- l scssod a navy, the destroyers of which could not do more than 29 to s2 knots, and the six which chased the i "C, M, B." on that morning have been sadly neglected by the Reds" Drive
 them as they would, the engineers could not make them do their full speed, So the unequal chase was abandoned after a few more shells had fallen harmlrssIy into the sea, and the tiny "C. NJ. B." was allowed
 to make her way back to the British squadron in peace.
 From tho "Granito'' City.
 Three days later the Bolsheviks in their wireless messa Res announced from Moscow that the cruiser OIcg was sunk by n British submarine when cruising off Cronstadt. '"The submarine, which Httacked her by torpedo, was sunk by gunfire from cscorting deStroyers," they added. They dared not tell the truth-that ! the cruiser had been sunk at her anchorage by dashlng Scots officer Ia 8 tiny, frau motor boat.
 have seen the official report of the exploit which thIs officer has sub mitted. T. Is a bare, bald announce ment, and now reposes in a pigeon hole in the Admiralty, record of one of the most daring deeds of the war,
 Unfortunately. it Is not permissible for mo to give the name of the dash iuS young Scotsman vslo Is the hero of the exploit. He is still serving with the British squadron in the Bal tic which is keeping the Red war ships from venturing too far from 1 harbor. Were the officers name given, ! he would be marked out by the Reds" for torture and brutality should he have the misfortune to fall ! into their hands, It Is in the hope of saving him from the tiendish hor- TOTS, which only the Bolsh can Impose, I have been asked to with | hold the herO's name. This much I am permitted to say-he is a native
 of the Granite City. And when he returns to this city he will receive from the Kisg the decoration whish he has earned. (From the Interna- tioDal News Bureau, Inc, Boston,