Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09

flame. stink, impenetrable dust and
everything seemed to fall everywhere
with an appalling noise"
But by far the greater number, In
both fleets, persisted in the ammunition
fires that were always breaking out and
flaring through the ships. The British
we're now getting the advantage of the
light, as the setting sun dazzled the
German observers. The crews Of two of
the Seydlitz'S turretSs died suddenly, as
had the men In the midShip turret Of
the Lion.
On the other hand, q shell touched
of the ammunition in the Starboard g.
inch battery Of the Malaga and the
flash obliterated the crews at the guns
on that side. Fortunately, the bulkhead
doors were closed and the port 6-inch
gun crews were uninjured. The cordite
would blaze up in great sheets of flame
and dense brown smoke. Its soaring
touch killed instantly, but the heat
quickly passed and the bodies were
scarcely burned.
Except in the immediate neighbor-
hood the fall of the enemy shells was
scarcely noticed in the terrific uproar
and the conclusion from the ships own
guns. Some commanders mistook the
burst OF enemy shells in their vessels for
the fire from their own secondary bat
teries. AS the Warspite came within
range her executive "felt one or two
very heavy shakes, but didn't think very
much Of it at the time, and 1t never oc-
CURED to me that we were being hit"
Only later, when he went down into
the ship to report and, If possible, to re-
pair damage, did the frightful nature of
what was happening become clear to
him. He gives a long account of his
recollections as he passed frantically up
and down the ship, organizing FIRE
parties, endeavoring to plug holes or to
in the sides-gaps through which tons
Of water were flung by the bursting
shells alongside.
Many Wounded Were Drowned.
Some of the wounded indeed, appear
to have been drowned by the water
sloshing about the decks, either thrown
in by the shells or pouring from the
broken mains, and through the shock,
bloodshed and destruction the thing
which seemed to have impressed him
most was the appalling noise"
So Won Hase also, though incloSed in
the armored control position of the
Derftiinger, speaks of the Supplying
din" The shells which pitched along
side, he says, raised Colossal splashes"
which stood up for quite or 10 sec
onds before they completely collapsed
again. It frequently occurred that
these waterspouts broke over the ship,
swapping everything, but at the same
time putting out any fires" When a
shell struck on their armor, "the ter
rtfic crash OF the explosion was followed
by vibration Of the whole ship, af-
fecting even the coming tower. The
shells which exploded in the interior of
the ship caused q dull roar, which was
transmitted all over by countless voice
pipes and telephones" Meanwhile, "the
four English battle cruisers were trav-
cling at top speed. and it was not long
before they vanished from our view in
mist and smoke"
guns and, far away through the murk
and fading light and geysers of sea
water that leaped higher than the fun
mel tops as the salVos fell around, the
aim gray smudgeS that marked the
enemy, splitting gun flashes through
their pail OF smoke, so the battle
passed northward into the long North
ern twilight and into the arms of Jelli-
Goes battle line, the mightiest armada
ever brought into action on the seas.
Beatty Repays Surprise"
For. repaying the surprise into which
Won Hyper had led him, Beatty had
LED the Germans in turn into q pre-
cisely similar, but for them a more ter
rlole, one. At a quarter past 6 the
Derfninger suddenly found herself
unoer heavy fire. 1t flashed out on all
secs. We could only make out the
ships hulls indistinctly, but as far as I
was able to see the horizon, enemy ships
were All around US. It was now
perfectly clear to US that we were faced
Win the whole English feet"
Inc luckless, blindfold maneuyerinR
as evening came ct was here that the
iihvlnciple went up), the Commissions and
!asG cnanceS as Jellicoe deployed his
IS iresh dreadnaught battleShips. with
their overwhelming gun power. have
often been studied. Had the battle be-
gun some hours earlier, It is Reasonable
70 suppose that the German hiQh seas
Meet would have been annihilated. AZ
IL was, with the sun now verv low in
the west. with the fog, the enormous
quantities OF smoke and the dif1cuItieS
OF communication because of the havoc
wrought in the wireless equipment and
the confusion OF battle, nothing came
out, according to the theories.
Jellicoe had Won Scheer entrapped In
a great arc of steel and did not know It.
Won Scheer extricated himself from the
trap once. before he knew Of its exist
ence, and again, with equal skill and
resolution. when he was only partly
aware Of the true gravity Of his situa-
ton. Some d the British dreadnaughts