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THE GALLANT MIDSHIPMAN. ⠀⠀ *** Meanwhile the remaining two de: stroyers in the German line poured a Xons of Britisi blond will read the devastating fire upon Broke The fore thrilling story of the recent destroyer west guns crows were reduced from eigh| BRITISH action in the Channel without a quic
teen men to six, und Afrdshipman Donald ing of the pulses and a feeling of in a Gryfes, .., in charge of tho fere- guishable prido in the officers and castle, though wounded in the eye, kept who fought that tion, and in the Seize all foremost guns in action, himself assist whose traditions are brew splend lying the depleted crews to load sustnited,'' says the Morning Post. ** master of fiction could have husgined of frenzied Germans swarmed up over While he was thus employed a number narrative of gallant und decisive dend nt ones so swift, so situple, and so dramaticoke's forecastle out of the rammed de stroyer, and, finding themselves amid the blinding flashes of the forecastle guns, "On the long list of ships of the British swept aft in a shouting mob. The mic Navy whose names have by their prowess shipman, atuid the dead and wounded of against the enemy become household his guns crews, and balt-blinded by words, the Swift, and the Broke are hence blood, met the rush single-handed with forth enrolled, with their Commanders, an automatic revolver. He was Spied Ambres Pock and Edward Evans with by a German, who attempted to
At dend of night, these two destroyers, wrest the weapon from him proceeding on a westerly course, aud- Catlasses and rifles, with fixed denly sighted an enemy fotille on the bayonets were among the equipment of opposite course at a range of 600 yards the foremost guns crews in antocipation. The adds were two to six as it now appears, but there was only one thought of just such events us are now taking on the part of British naval officers place and the German was promptly immediately to engage the enemy The bayonoted by Able Seaman Ingleson action that followed endured by time for The remainder of the invaders, with the only five minutes but in those five exception of two who lay down and feign minates were crowded incidents which od death, were driven over the side. The were as herole
[DY PHILLIP GIEDS.]
HEADQUARTER, May 7th." The battle of Arras hna now lasted for month, with successive shocks of attack and counter-attack, and for both sides the struggle has been a fiery ordeal, in which a great sum of human life has been burn cd and blasted. On the great day of April 9th the British losses were very light, is losses must be counted now days, and in comparison with the great gains The enemy losses on that day were huge in prisoners, in killed and wound ed, in guns, and in all material of war.
SIR
ROBERTSON ON THE WAR'S
RAMIFICATIONS.
There was a grent and unique gathering. ut the Newspaper Tres Fund dinner in London Lust month. Load Northcliffe presided.. The anniversary donations
wore £5,500-a record
Bir William Robertson, who was tho principal speaker, emphasised how much the others of the High Command needed the constant support of the people at hom He acknowledged the army's great debt to the navy which was playing an essential and vital part in the war. Hie unid a tribute to those tine seamen who mine sweeping and other bazardaus anter were silently and heroiently engaged in prises,STON
as they were the performance two exceptions were subsequently made battered guns by many new batteries, changed the character of operations.
signal in their effect. The restrained and yot, vivid narrative which has been compiled from accounts of the allicers and men engaged is a document that cannot be paraphrased without detracting from the unforgettable impression that it leaves upon the mind.
CUTLASSES
prisonera.
“Of the original six German de stroyers, there were how three remaining
the line. Two minutes after ramming Broke succeeded in wrenching herself free from her sinking adversary, and turned to cam the last boat in the line She failed in this achievement, but as she wung round succeeded in hitting this bont's consort on the stam
with torpedo.
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to France, he said they were battered and Referring to the soldiers who first went braised, and sometimes beaten to thoir Kuces, but were never beaten in spirit Since then, after hours and even days and under Lord French's guidance had of panie lest the British tide of men wondered possible the success sines achiev should break all barriors mt overed by the troops under Sir Douglas Haig. helm his Hindenburg line, the enemy. Every war had its peculiarities, but no has been able to rally, to rush up great war so differed from its predecessors a reserves, and to replace his captured and the present one. Aeroplanc, hnd entirely
That has saved the Hindenburg line for Enormous masses of artillery rendered the daily toll of life and limb, for he has requiring an elaborate system of trans- time at least, but has not reduced his preparation for the battle a long process, only been able to defend himself by port, We had expended in the past five counter-attacking, and although that is the best means of defence, according to in France alone, and conveyed thither or six works 200,000 tons of ammunition the German text-books, it has proved to 50,000 tons of stone cach week to mend be frightful in cost for the Gorman yes. Renee the tremendous amount of soldiers. They anceeded in finging back railway work. He wished to acknowledge the British here and there by sheer weight the services of railway managers and em- of numbers when, after hard days fight | ploy who had gone to France to do tha ing, they lie exhausted in their advanced work positions, but every time they have been swept by machine gun fire and shrapnel, so that they have fallen in great num bers.
Hotly engaged with these two fleeing destroyers, roke then attempted to follow Swift in the direction in which she was last seen a shell, however, struck To pretend that the British escaped Broke in the boiler-room, disabling her scot free would be a silly lie. The main engines. The enemy was then lost casualty lista tell how many the British tu sight in the darkness, cak have lost. For all it has been hard and Still carrying considerable way, will be yet hard and fierce fighting Brike altered course and bended in the against a desperate and rosolute enemy, direction of a destroyer heavily on fire supported by great gunfire and by what
whose crew on sighting frafe sent up
The greatest peculiarity of the war was: the colossal numbers engaged, arbounting to something like 24,000,000 men. In tho war of 1870 the armies numbered from 100,000 to 200,000 man on each side, and at Gravelotte, where the casualties were highest, they reached 30,000 on both sides For the whole way the total killed and wounded was below 200,000. In the pre sent war the killed alone could be counted hy the million. It was not a wax between
armies, but between nations, and no man or woman in the Empire but would not do something to win or lose the war. A man of distinction told him the other day that he estimated that in the present war 25 per cent. of the weight was represented by the military strength and 75 per cent. by non-military things, such as agricul ture, shipping, ipod, and diplomacy............
Two to six but Commander Peck of the Swift decided without hesition to ram the leading enemy destroyor! TWO ENEMY TREACHERY PUNISHED. to six, but Commander Evans of the Broke swung round to port and rammed the third boat at full speed, fair and square abreast the after-funnel, Locked together thus, the German crew boarded, but Midshipman Gyles met the rush single-handed, with an automatic re volver Then came the Nelson touch-
Out catlasses and with cold steel the invaders with the exception of one or two who lay down and taigned death, were driven over the side into the sea
Splendid!" says the Star. As ever, loul shouts for mercy. She was burning cessant sweep of machine-gun bullets. is worse than high "explosives, the in- at close quarters our men were irresist ible. It is the lesson of the Marne, of hercely, and, regardless of the danger Without knowing that one cannot under Sonime, of Arras, and a hundred other from her magazines exploding, Broke stand the meaning of this battle nor felds, and it is the fact which justifies steered towards her, still moving slowly the spirit of the men. It is a spirit quite us in facing the future with screne con- through the water. The shouts and cries unconquerable in its very gift, and in fidence Commander Evans was dis of Save! Save!' were redoubled when many casca admitting neither defeat: nor appointed at the South Pole he stood out the German unexpectedly opened fire retreat, whatever the odds against them at the word of command The Chandel *** Broke being then out of control, and may be, I know of many cases lately when is his reward. He stood in and got unable to manoeuvre or extricate herself, the British ignored all orders to retire That brings me," Bir Williama Robert- there with both feet. It is an object. I herself, silenced the treachery with four and held out in small parties when part lesson for the German Grand Fleet, skulkrunda, and then, to ensure her own of the line had fallen back in the cbb soa continued, to my fast point the ing in the Kiel Canal
safety, fired a torpedo and bit the German and flow of battle. At Guemappe dozens Not long ago a war correspondent was power and responsibility of the Press. The story which the
have destroyer amidships of Scottish soldiers held isilated posts issired, giving details of the gallant and Meanwhile it had continued her like this. At Gavrelle English soldiers regarded by most of the soldiers, putting spirited action of last Friday night, is
pursuit of the leading boat until injuries fought by the windmill and suffered it mildly, us a nuisance. That is not the quite the most picturesque narrativé co she had received in the earlier phases of heroically rather than surrender. South case to-day, and no one more than cerning the during the way which has appeared
says the Times naval the action, though in themselves sight ward when the Australians attacked soldier realises the value of that factor— correspondent. The is the mean prevented her from maintaining, Tal Bullecourt, four days the Press. This is also part of the great on which something approaching the speed. She thereupon abandoned the village partly in their hands, and would transformation in the character of the war Formerly a correspondent thought männer
of fighting which fills so many chase, and turried in search of a fresh have held it all but for the bad luck of his chief object was to supply thrilling. glorious pages in our naval annals has quarry. The outline of a stationary de occurred. Modern ships and modern stroyer was presently sighted in the dark.. so the Australians were exposed on both graphic, and sensational stories of fight- methods do not, as a rule, make for my ness ahract, and, as she drew near, a conflanks and were in an inpessible positioning, and with a few notable exceptions.
devoted himself to keeping the public thing in the shape of personal combate fused noise of voices resolved itself into But when the retirement, was made many amused, and interested rather than in between the crews of opposed vessris, mure distinct and evidently organised of those Australian lads refused to educating them That is all changed.
Here are the words of the restialed sounds, as from a large number of men back although to stay meant almost cer yet vivid narrative which tells this thrill shouting together in time.
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The story of how the destroyer leaders
"Warily, and somewhat perplexed by Swift and Broke attacked a flotilla of six
the uproar, Sicft approached with her German destroyers--not five, as was at
guns trained on the stranger. This pre- first believed broke it up, rammed one sently resolved itself into the sinking vessel and torpedoed another, will tank German destroyer that had been ramuned aigh in the annals of British naval war-by Bruke, whose crew were bellowing in fure.
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Swift and Broke, on night patrol in the Channel on April 20, were proceeding on u westerly course, when, at 12.30 am Swift sighted an enemy Botilla on the port bow, proceeding in the opposite direction at high speed. The night though calm, was intensely dark, and when first sighted the enemy were within 60 yards range. Simultaneously the fire gongs on board the German destroyers were heard to ripple down the line, and in a blaze of flashes they
opened fire.
**** SWIFT'S **
'8''. FIRST BLOW.___
With a not unreasonable suspicion of treachery, Sift awaited developments Apparently realising that their breath would be wanted for more energetic measures, the crew of the German de stroyer presently stopped shouting She heeled slowly over, while her ship's com pany hastily took to the water, and sank stern firet
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tronus on the left; who could not hold on,
We are today," he sud," fighting a war upon the issue of which depends our Imperial existence, and regarding the necessity and the righteousness of which none, except a few cranks and a few other not very significant people, has any doubt.
This morning Bullecourt was again attacked and a number of prisoners captured. If the men do not get tire place to day they will to-morrow or some day The Australians are out to finish – tie business with the least possible delay,
Instead of a wall und exclusive They have a confidence in victory amount- army separate and apart from the nation, ing to pure faith. All through the army, the army had drawn to it all classes and whatever breed of non-and they come interests 14 sa obvious from this result of all the British stock-the soldiers that Press has not only great power show this same grim resolution to finish but has an equally grea responsibility, the job, as they call it, and have done for in order win the war all the re- with it.
sources of the nation must be thrown in, ensuring this than the Press. I want the and there is no more powerful agency for Press to get in, besides that 25 per cent.,
In the battle of Arras there was in dividual courage, incredible almost in human nature, but what to me is more
encouraging the enemy, and I may truly
say that in this connection editors have
co-operated most cordially and efficient-
MASTERS AND MEN,
amazing is the general atolidity of the 75 per cent, I do not want flaming headlines of exaggeration, but consistent buys and cooks and farmers lads and of them. This common valour of shop and courageous direction of public opin- ion along the right channels, to face the As no other enemy appeared to be in factory hands. To say they are always sight, and the action, which bad lasted without four would be ridiculous. They
facts, to avoid discouraging Britons and approximately five minutes, appeared to are often very much afraid, as all men be over, Swift switched on searchlights must be when high explosives come out and lowered boats to rescue the swim of the blue skies with frightful noises of Swift instantly replied, and the commerse abominable slaughter, but these Inde are manding officer (Commander Ambrose Swift and Broke then proceeded to by some magic, which is in experiento, Peck) decided without hesitation to run exchange details of the action by the steeled against ordinary apprehensiveness the leading enemy destroyer At his medium of a flashing lamp and (Broke's and against imaginative terror. A few order the wheel was wrenched round, and circuits having been cut) an electric days had just been knocked out by a shall Swift, with every occupant of her bridge torch Their respective chapa", companies. It was a sight to turn one sick and cold, Since leaving the Service (writer in temporarily blinded by flashes drove are went to some pardonable exhilaration but a company of boys came along on the ex-Army Officer to The Tine). I have straight for the snemy
by clearing each other out of the dark-way to the frost line, where other shells worked in several munition factors where
still they were hoarse.
were falling, and they paid very little many thousands of men have been em- heed to this group of men. Only one boy ployed; I have talked to hundreds of these ness at between twenty and thirty knots, The Britian casualties were compare
stopped still, with a little pity and sur-men, and know what they are saying, and still more important, what they are is exceedingly delicate. An initial utstively light, and the spirit of the wounded prise, as inuch as to say my word thinking I have seen an utter lack of calculation of a few degrees of helm, à is epitomised by the conduct of Broke' Then be trudged on standing in all these factories on the part
they capped it all right, poor chaps,
sympathy and human under- few revolutions of the propellers moror helmsman, Able Seaman William G. wonld spell failure. Failure might, Rowles. This man, though it four times and probably would, mean being ram med by the next boat in the enemy line
Susift missed, but shot through the line unscathed. She turned like hawk on a quarry, and in turning neatly tor,
Now it must be realised that the operation of ramming one of a line of destroyers, dashing through pitch dark
SPIRIT OF THE WOUNDED,
Those
of the hende. These are mostly young men, with little knowledge of handling their fellow men very often the sons of rich directors, who have placed them there
pedoed, another boat in the be offsuoic, air, and fainting in.gosng but the normal, and the men pass through in these responsible positions with the idea
she dashed at the leading boat, which number of wounded presented once more eluded her, and withour Aring themselves at the sick bay for the first another shot made off into the darkness time on the day following the action at full speed with Sunft in pursuit,
Their excuses were various, but that of BROKE HAME,
stoker with a piece of obrapnel still in THEY BROK
bis head is perhaps the most ingenuous: On first sighting the energy, Broke, Zwey too busy, sir, he explained commanded by Commander Edward to the surgeon, glong of clearing up that
B. Evans, CB, was steaming astern rabbish on the stokers meesdeck of Swift. Upon the latter altering course
scenes of the battlefield, these by shall fragment, remained at the wheel bodies that lie about, these noises in the throughout the action, and finally only sky and thunderclaps of bursting shells, betrayed the fact that he was wounded are no longer the abnormal things of life, by reporting to his captain:
them and live in them and become of making them indispensable and thus
Don't you hardened to them. Even the heroic act escape military service.
pose these workmen know this! Your 36 no longer extraordinary. There are so many heroic acts that military medals British working man is not altogether a and military crosses are hard carned, fool, although he may be selfish, and, if although scattered wide in all directions badly handled, unpatriotic. I do not Each one of them might have been a hesitate to say for a moment that 90 per Victoria Cross in the earlier wars. Acest of these strikes would never take Scottish division fighting in this battle Place, if the matter was taken in hand in of Arras hae recorded a number of acts time by the right kind of man.*** of special valour among its men which would all a big book if told in detail, and the boys from the English countries barrage for thirty-five minutes. and the London men have done as well guns and several men were knocked out, It was & Scottish Sergeant some days ago but the officer stendized his other men, and, who saw a great bomb fall ten yards although twins thrown down and wound- from his mortar, owing to a faulty ed kept four guns in action, cartridge, and he had just a few seconds Although hit five times, a Sergeant of to decide between life and death Hea Highland regiment continued to lead burning fuse, and hurled it away just firele Highland officer in the same action sprang at the live bomb, unscrewed the his men against the enemy's lines, and a before it exploded, eo saving beyond d doubt the lives of his whole detachment led his company to two objectives, went from point to point over open ground On the first day of the battle of Arygs under an incessant machine gun bre, and one battery was under fire of a gaa shelf | with a small party of his wen rashed ene of the machine-guns and captured the team.
THE GERMAN WAR LOAN;
So ends his official narrative of this to ram the leader, Broke launched a inmortal five minutes and the men who torpedo at the second bout in the line, made them into history. which hit her, and then opened fire wit
with every gun that would hear. The six enemy boats, stoking furiously for fall speed, emitted a dull glow, from every funnel, which hit their upper-works and enabled the captain of Broke to decide Compulsory subscriptions inflated Ger apon bis tactics. Holding his course for
moment to gather speed for the blow,many's War Loan, Insurance companies swung round to port and rammed the were compelled to hand over their matur third boat at full speed, fair and square og endowment policica for war loan abreast the after funnet stock Une company thus paid 35,000,000 Locked together thus, the two beats marks (ahont £1,720,000), Gormans pos fought a desperate and hand-to-hand bessing money invested abroad werĘ COM. conflict. Brake swept the enemy's dorks welled to realise and invest in the war at point blank range with every gun loan
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