The state herald., 1919-04-04

w drew nearer the shore they began
using shrapnel o. - and In no time
at an our tunnels were shot fun Of
holes and Q sisvs was Watsrtisht COM
pared 10 them.
Naturally W were not Just taking
Ill this punishmsnt without any come.
back. Our guns were at It fast and
from the way The IRE slacksned in
certain places ~ knsw w were max.
ing It effective. Ny guns did for two
enemy pieces that I know Of, and psr-
haps several Others.
The French sarbiss were Q good
deal more excited In action than I
thought they would b. They were
lodging around below dscka trying
10 miss the shrapnsl that came
aboard. shouting. swearing. singins-
but dshting hard. ct that Thsy stood
the gaff Just - wsll % any other
garbles would, only In their own
sweet way-wAieA = noisy enough.
believe me.
One Of our Ssamen was hit $50
times BY ffagmsnts Of shrapnsl 10
you can ~ what they were up
against in he dodging line. A gun
turrst In actioa % not sxactly the
best place On earth for . nervous
man NOR one who likes his comfort.
There - IN awful lot Of heat and
noise and ane1 and work, an the
time In . fighting gun turrst But
during an engagsmsnt ! would rather
b In . gun turrst svsgy time than
between decka AZ that. Il anything
does happen In . turrst-lt = good
night sure fol-. al. and NO rain checks
needed.
One Of our Junior lieutenants was
struck By Q fragment Of shell - he
was ct his station behind The wheel
house and . piece Of his slul1 was
driven into his brain. He was car
red Into my gun turret but he
would not let them take him b sick
bay to have his wound dressed. There
he sat. aiding every now and then
how the nght was going and then sort
Of dozing OF for . while.
After half an hour Of action w put
about and started away. still airing.
Al q parting slap on the back the
Turks tore OF one of our big-Sun tuE-
rsts. and then away We went, baek 10
Brest with q casualty List Of only 10.
We did not have much trouble guess
ing that Il was DRY dock for % again.
We got back b Brest after Q quiet
voyaeA patching ourselves uD where
We could On the way, and again there
was ~ rush work, day and night,
to ct into shape and DO II over again.
They turned NJ out In u days and
back w went 70 the Turks and their
Hun assistants.
We wsgS lucky getting inshors. only
receiving Q nasty smash astsrn. when
the Turks got our range and landed
two peaches before w got out We
nearly tore our rudder az getting
away. But We had to come back right
away. because We had carried quite
. number Of heavy guns from Brest
and were given the Job Of running
them ashore. Il was day and night
work and . great JOB for fun. because.
while you nsvsr knew when you
would ct It you had good reason to
feel you would ct damned By q cute
little shsll or Q dainty bit Of shrap.
mel bstoes The job was over.
Aboard chip h was dsck work. Il
course. and it was not much bsttse
there than ashore with the guns. b.
cause the enemy trsnchss were near
the shore and thsy amused them
selves trying to pick - Oh whsosvef
w showsd On deck. I guess We wsrs
. regular shooting gallery for thsm.
and some Of our men thought they
dld not nssd all ths practice thsy
wees gstt1nG foe quits Q few Of -
aetsd & 6Ills 0sk
But ve did Hee ainl ~ bullsts -
much. Thay make Q dean woanA q
Put ~ away entifsly; sAzapoA
tears yoa - anA en- play al1 k1nls
q nieks witA vasseas parts q yosf
BODY without killing 20. ~ fee
Ghsllo-wsll mineeDeat = The Weed.
TAe NayTows Wsse tA1Gk Win minss
anA tAsrs had bssa Q 0sat dsal q
damage ooos thsrA - aftsR Q VINE
tAe BsitisA dstailed tAel5 YaEnoutA
tFawiess b 20 n and Swssp -. 1Aey
~ - - - unpeoteses4 q essfsA
aAA ~ 0easted - - nAGht "a
oogUoA
1vseything Weat VeIl mn ~
tuned at ~ Mansws asd seastsd
baek. Thsa. becese ~ could tsll II.
ovs q slx esafeAllsAts wsfs playing
% eee q ~ hawiegs and shslis
wsss Vlashing ~ water all over hse.
Bon banhs wses simply banging away
point blank q them and ! Dsves
thought thsy would gse baeA.
Tnsy did gst back. though, bot
some Of them had hardly enough msn
LEFT b wosk chip. But that 70 Nike
the Nnsya Thsy will ct baek iron
anywhere while tAHes 70 eas man
aiiva
A chap aboard one Of the trawlsrs
said q she'll went through the wheel.