1939-12-02 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 2, 1939

MERCHANT SKIPPERS AWARDED O.B.E. BATTLE WITH U-BOAT

London, To-day.

THE STORY OF THE first straight fight in this war between a defensively armed merchantman and a U-boat is revealed by the award of the Q.B.E. to Captain Albert, while Master of the s.s. Stone- pool.

An announcement in the "London Gazette" says that sighting a U-boat, the Stonepool manned her gun and in two minutes exchanged shot for shot with the submarine, whose gun was of simi- lar calibre.

The rate of fire was fair and the

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shooting good, and the fifteenth shot FOUR MEALS A DAY FOR

· may well have hit or damaged the U-boat, whose thirteenth or four- teenth shot holed, the Stonepool two feet above the waterline.

By resolute and skilful action the Master saved his ship.

Discipline was excellent and the gunlayer and gun's crew did very well.

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has been numerous complaints.

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The O.B.E. has also been awarded to Captain Farrar, Master of the I queried. Gen. Lindsell about sol- Baharistan, and Commander Grays-diers' mail, on which subject there ton, Master of the Karamea, who, when attacked by U-boats, showed The original trouble, he explained bold decision and courageous skill, had been caused in the early days of thereby saving their vessels. Reu- the B.E.F.'s arrival over here owing to

the necessity for the greatest secrecy

To achieve this, all mail was tem- porarily halted, both incoming and outgoing. When this order was cinded, after a very short period, im- mense congestion had, of course, ac- cumulated at the Army Post Office in England, which took some little time to dispose of.

Now, however. everything was moving normally and he had personal- ly found that he could write to his wife and get a reply in 10 to 12 days. Green envelopes, a system introduc- ed in the last war, by which could vifte home without local cen- sorship by the officers of their units, as well as field postcards, are being introduced immediately.

ATTACKS DESTROYER

London, To-day.” The survivors of the Uskmouth have been landed in England.

The destroyer which rescued them was itself attacked by a U-boat when it neared the south-east coast of Eng- land. Three torpedoes were fired at it, but went vide of their mark.

The destroyer dropped depth charges over and around the spot.- Reuter.

VON BRAUSCHITCH IN SIEGFRIED LINE

Berlin, To-day. General von Brauschitch, Coin- mander-in-Chief of the German Army, is now visiting the Western Front, where he is inspecting the Nazi troops.-Reuter.

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He mentioned that the Assistant Postmaster-General, Mr. William Ma- banc, M.P., with a desire to find out for himself how the mail was moving has, as it were, posted himself as a letter from London and followed that letter -through all the way from the British Post Office to its destination with units in the front sector.

This was one of Mr. Mabane's last official activities before handing over to his successor Capt C. Waterhouse.

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