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MARCH 23.
PERSIA MARU, TKE, from San Frandsco, with mail.
"DUEL BETWEEN TWO TANKS.
EXCITING CONFLICT AT THE OPENING OF A BATTLE.
When tank met tank there surely came a tug of war. "Such an en- counter is described by Arthur Blakesley in the "Illustrated World." Noise does not frighten one on the battlefield, he says, but intense quiet HOKUTO MARU, D. & Co, from dees. Even a big bombardment of
PELEUS, E. & S., from Liverpool..
MARCH
JAYA
MARCH. 27.
whees," "whizz-bangs," and "coal- boxes, cannot get a soldier's nerve
» PROTESILAUS, B, and S., from like the ghastly silence that some Bingapore.
MARCH 29.
TELAMON, B. & S., from Liverpool.
BIARCH 31.
times comes just before dawn. This alence seemed especially real to Mr. Blakesley at Seicheprey, and it was the prelude to an exciting condict..
PERSIA MARU, T.K.K, from Sat described as follows Francisco,
APRIL 3.
CYCLOPS, B. & S., from Beattie.
APRIL 4. KAMU MARU, Tokohama.
N. Y, K.,
APRIL 10,
We had to get four tanks up to the staging-star-shell camouflage-just ninety yards behind the Yankee fir- ing bays. I heard the Leviathan and from Mary Ann-the two tanks that pre- ceeded us into position-start, and though they lumbered out through AGAPENOR, B. & S., from Shanghai the darkness at less than three miles
APRIL 18.
an hour I waited in anxious expecta (TO MARU, N.Y.E from Yokohama. tion" for the German star-shells that
DEPARTING VESSELS. «
MARCH 22. FOOKBANG, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., for Kote.
FUSHIMI MAKU, NY.K., for Manila, Japan Victoria, BC, und Seattle.
MARCH 23
CHIPSHING, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., for Tientsin, Weibawei and Obaloo.
KAIJO MARU, 0.8.K, for Keelung via Swatow and Amoy.
MARCH 24. PELEUS, B. & S., for Japan via Shanghai.
LUCHOW, B. & S., for Swatow, and Bangkok.
MARCH 25.
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MARCH 16,
TANGO MARU, NY.K, for Philippine Islands and Australia.
VENEZUELA, Facile Mail S.S. Ca, Ltd, for Ean Francisco "via Shanghai
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MARCH 97," NANKING, China Mail, for a
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PERSIA "MARU, T.K.K., for San Trancisco.
SUTYANG, B. & S., for Shanghai.
MARCH 28.
would tell us that their approach had been discovered. It seemed as if their exhausts made more racket than all the brass in Sousa's band. When the Vampire-our caterpillar fort-got under way I was certain that the Kaiser, back in Potsdam, must be wakened from his deped dreams of conquest. Of course it all sounds so much worse from the inside of a
Willie.
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When we arrived, however, and crawled out to snatch a few minutes' rest before zero hour, you would have thought that the array of ditches and wire that showed faintly in the dim moonlight were furrows abandoned farm, for all the signs of human occupancy you could hear or SEC. It was ominous to ne. Shorty Messick named it. though none of us agreed with him at the time. "I'll bet." said he, "the Boches are going to start a push,'too!"
That his guess was absolutely tremendously, mattered correct inasmuch as it gave opportunity for one of the strangest duels that ever occurred on the western front--a battle of tank against tank, in which horse-power counted as much as the projectiles fired. These steelclad giants had met before, and doubtless have met since, but never at grips as at Seicheprey, to the best of my knowledge. As I was firing a six-
AKI MARU, N.T.E for Shanghai, pounder for the Vampire, 1 saw all Kobe and Yokohama.
MARCH HOKUTO MARU, D. & Co., for Japan.. ALPS MARU, 0.8.K., for London. EMPRESS OF ASIA, C.P.U.S. Ltd., for Vancouver via Shanghai, Japan etc.
MARCH 20. FROTESILAUS, B. and S., for
that occurred. And what a duel it was!
The battle ret have been some thing of a mutual surprise. I know that our officers did not anticipate the Boche push. and from results I am certain that they did not expect us. Promptly at 4.45.a.m. their bat- teries started. Ourzero was to have been five o'clock, but when the Ger NIKKO MARU, N.T.K., for Nagasaki, man guns began their concert a Kobe and Yekonana.
hurry up order went around, and we were off.
Seattle.
BIARCH 31.
AFR'L 1.
PAUL LECAT. M.M., for Shanghai. KUMSANG, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld, for traits and. Calcutta.
TJIMANOFK, JCJL, for Java.
APRIL 3
VAN WAERWIJCK, JQJ.L, Singapore, l'enang and Pelewan Deli.
APRIL, 5.
KAMO MAKU, N.Y. K., for Straits and London.
ABABIA MARU, 0.S.K., for Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle and Tacoma.
APRIL 0. ANDRE LEBON, M.M.. for Marseilles Tin Haiphover Suite, Singapore to
APRIL 19..
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IV MARU, N.Y.E, for Straits and Liverpool
APRIL 23.
MAY 3.
NOSE TO NOSE,
Up we tilted over the parapet, and banged down with our nose in the. mud. Neither side was sending up flares, because of their own attackers. so it was dark as midnight in Africa. The flashes of exploding H.E. in the trenches we had quitted, and in the Hun ditches far ahead, punctuated by the comma-like flicker of rifle and machine-gun fire, were the only lights to guide our driver.. As a result we toundered straight into our wire.
Own
A way had been prepared, and this we had to find. Out we back. ed, the rusty barbs scratching on our steel sides. Two more futile NIKFO MARU, F.Y.K, for Fhilippine attempts were made before the gate Iznods nad Australia!
was located. We had wasted time and were behind schedule. "Our ATSUTA MARU, N.YK, for Straits driver threw the Vampire into high. Ti Londen.
gear, and at risk of an accident that would put us hors de combat for the SUWA BARU, NY.K., for Shanghai night we reeled along into shell- Japer, Victoria, B.C., and Seattle.
craters and soft mud, but always MAY 21.
floundering out somehow,
MAX 5.
AKI MARU, N.I.K., for Philippine lalanda and Australis..,
PASSENGERS DEPARTED,
March 21, 1919.
Now I could locate the line of Ger- man trenches, and filtering through s
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the wire, in little groups came the again I tried, but with no more had not Lieutenant Mbeen seized Philippine ealand via Thursday REVIEW OF NAVAL PAY.join freely with the committee in the
the Germans. They were not visible success. The truth began to dawn with a
upon me; mire was the only gur we carried that could do execution against a German tank. And my gun could net te depressed suffici ently to register a square hit.
The only possibility of success lay in drawing off far enough so that we
we
As real inspiration. backed over a shell-crater he stopped. The second the nose of the Boche came up from the crater after us he threw the Vampire into low gear forward. Our angular nose slid straight under the nose of the Hun tank, forcing her into the air. She
THURSDAY, March 27,
as, so many shapes to me, but they fired as they came.
Suddenly there came a terrife shock, throwing me forward against
·ler ss. Anyo Maru, from Hongkong my gun, and the Vampire stopped as for Beath America: Mr. Arai, Mrs. though she had encountered a stone 4. N. Batesonn and 2 children, Miss J. wall. Are we hit?" I yelled in Brooke, Miss E 8. Banka, Mr. O. Doke, Mr. D. Fleming, Kev. and Mrs. Z., futile question; the din was so terrific could get them in the side. was in our range; we were immune i swatow, Amoy and Foochow-Per HA127 on behalf of H. M. Government as from which it is to be drawn being
fl and 2 children, Dr. G. C. Graves, from our engine that I scarcely could Mr. M. Hirashima, Mr. and Mrs. B. Kato bear my own words. Twice our "1st 800. Mr. Kitagawa, Bir. Ydriver raced the enging. Twice be le:
Kishina, Pref. K. Kanokgi, Mrs. A. Lazul, Miss O. Martin, Bit. LG in the chutch suddenly, thinking to Fetvalbach, biis B. J. Taylor, Mr. and surmount the obstacle in our path 3. Welham, Mr. C. E. Willis, Mr. Each time we stopped dead.
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I jumped down and ran forward. from her fire! The driver was slouched in his seat,
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Like a madman I gave it to her dead! An explosive bullet, had through her floor. As shell after finished him. I jerked him out of shell tore into her she tried to back the seat, and grabbed Lieutenant, away,, but always Lieutenant M M, our commander. I had no advanced, forcing her up all of the Philippine Islands-Per YUENSANG to complete the enquiry into these the ports, and taken evidence, all the 1. ) un asaki, Mr. K. Yamamoto, Mr. M. While I was puzzling over this intention of standing on ceremony. time. Then she switched tactics and Fashi Mr. E. Hisashion, Mr. Z there are no cliffs in that particular I pulled him over into the driver's tried to slither over us, but we stop Koja, Mr. N. Kapasaki, Mr. N. sector of No Man's Land against seat, and yelled the terrible story in ped that by reversing. All the time Nakamura Mise M. Ukazuki, Mr. S. which we could have run-a sudden his ear.
my six-pounder was knocking her to Fakurai, Mr. K. Seiganji, Mr. S. Tamai, glare shone in my eyes! The He understood, and threw the bits. at Chinese.
Suddenly the Hun tank stopped, obstacle, whatever it was, carried an Vampire into reverse. As we backed enormous searchlight!
away, however, and I went back to A tremendous explosion tore ber my gun, the Hun tank gave us no sides out, shaking us as if an earth- chance. They followed us, keeping quake had happened. Then came out of range.
the tell-tale fare of her petrol. I All would have been over for us krew our battle was won.
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A half-second later our own light went on, and then to my horror I beheld our antagonist, one of the gigantic German tanks, nose on against us!
A. XEAL 'TNSPIRATION.
I think that both of us were com- pletely stunned for several seconds. Then I saw the gun in their top turret depress and fire.. An explosive bullet burst just behind the crew of the secondary gears! I awoke with a start. The big enemy tank carried one, at least, of the anti-tank rillen, firing high-power exploding bullets made to pierce armour
I whirled the vertical lever, depres sed my gun as far as possible, and let go. The shot cannoned off their roof. exploding, but doing not a particle of damage. Again and
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