Cheyenne record., 1919-04-17

ThGs As sses the wonderful work
0Anipod campaign.
CHAPTER xl-contlnued.
10
During our eighth trick OF Cape
9AnaD I WAS amidships In the galley
wAan I heard our two 14-pounders 90
e1 almost at the same time. Every
bady ran for his station. Going up
~ main deck to my turret man told
M Il WAS sub On the port bow, but
9nly caught Q glimpse Of the little
Whirlpool where her pariscope sub
mHEed do not know why she did
not let loose . torpedo at N. The
omeefs said she was trying to make
the entrance to the Dardanelles and
came up blind among our ships and
Was scared OF BY our guns, but I
thoaGht ~ had Just escaped BY the
a1zA Of our tseth. Later on our de-
stHn0efs Claimed to have sighted her
o6 Gaia Tspe.
At neon We were at mess when one
uR the boys yelled. "She's hit" and we
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Rit1sh ship, Triumph, torpsdoed and
listing away over to starboafd. She
vas ready to turn over in q fsY min
utaA One battiaship = not supposed
% 20 b the assistance Of another one
that has been torpedoed, because the
chances aFe the sub u SIN In the
nAgAbozhood laying for The second
ahip with another torpedo. But one
oe the British traWaers went to the
sssaseanos Il the Triumph to pick up
he crew.
We could So the crew jumping into
die Vaasr. Thsn ~ brsesed out
toward dhs hoetson, full speed ahsad.
An about the Eannph was q cloud Of
black sn0ka baE when we looked
4Arouah 0e aaaaD Wo could see abe was
0n0ng down. Then our guns began 10
oamhard ms Tsrkiah positions and I
he'd % get buy. When I saw th0
Triumph aealn she was bottom up.
Ahs mase have noatsd upside down
AR s1mn9 haK an hour. then ne went
dsWA - 0h0ugh there was oomebody
on tns bottom pulling hsr.
WIN ~ Vsnt our Old Man banged
~ tAphons on ehs bridge ran and
u0 - he Huns and Turin and
nks - ea2Assppo lens 10 bits. About
M Hom ths Triumph were lost.
n Vls dseid0d that the place was
Hoo bot Tor - With that sub running
1dnss and whsn thay reported that
a4R1oon that shs was making her
nv south hom Gaba Tepe to Oape
H6Ras an of the 1eet but the Majestic
Ct under Vay. and the Majestic was
a. only shtp lsft on ths cape.
Tsy said the Majestic was then the
oeoast Of ths ahips In <hat campaign,
hHf shs was the prids Of the British
1Dee Just ths same. ne was torpedoed
- 0Ape Hslles Later On, when there
W1o q number a man-of-war of the
eaDa The sea was crowded with men
swimming and drowning. I saw q nfe-
bu1t efovde6 with man and other men
In 0se VssGr hanging onto her, and
thAre vseo 20 many hanging on that
thay s1neted to pull hsr under. OF
their own accord the men In the water
1t 6o b save those In the boat Most
~ than were drowned.
Ths Majestic listed 20 that the men
0aUA not stand On deck, and the sides
ware eosaFed with men hanging on
% Eupes and not knowing whether
- jump into the sea or not. We low
cred an our ufaboats and steam
lHunches. md - did the other ships.
We pleksd up . number Of tho crew
md were prseSy Close to the Majestic
when ahe vent down like q Eock. Al
- want OWN abe turned over and
. Garby ran along her side 10 the ram
af her bow and got On It without even
beng w. A boat picked him up of
- f1nA which stnck out Of the water
after ths ship lad ceased to settle.
oAe had tgzpsdo net1 on her sada4
aDd many q tie crsw were unable 10
II asaR a ths nsts and went down
yftA -. oulhs Q lot weze caught
10W 6oekD anA had No possible
A6Anss % esApA Thsre W1s Q ~
hV90aen - ahs went undsr-probahly
~ hofGs burst1nG Thousands oe
sEopeb a shoEe and Thousands q
aa1aso - tho ahlp0 NV ths nnal
DlnnoA sad Il vas . aisht b rsmsm-
e. WA ~ sAlD stnztsd 10 90. ths
~ M suAaa task % his cabin,
luk - asnnl bock and destroyed II.
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