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tag re nKNn nuiiLKTiN, nr.Ni), onnnox.TiiuiusnAY, dkckmhku so, ioih Albert ft Dep I .EX-GUNNER AND CHIEF PETTV&OFFrCERfU.-SNAVYl " MEMBER, OF THE FOREIGN LEGION OF FRANCE C , CAPTAIN GUN TURRET. FRENCH BATTLESHIP CASSAPvD WINNER OF THE j KiWrtmtWWyon(XTVWAnvnWkhC.HurfAJuMSt. Then "The gas engines etnrtcd tip and mndo nn awful racket and shook tho old tub from stem to stern. I could tell that wo had cut loose from tho dock and were moving. After a while they shut off tho gas engines nnd started tho motors and wo began to submerge. When wo were nil tho wny under I looked through tho peri scope and saw a Dutch merchantman. Wo stayed under about half an hour and then came back to the surface. Ono of tho garbles was telling mo later on that this same sub had gono out of control a few weeks Before and kept diving and diving until eho ("truck bottom. I do not know bow Jganx fathoms down It was, but It wns jfarthe!1 than any commander would tako n sub If ho 'could help k. This garby (said they could hear the plates cracking and It was n wonder tljnt they did not crumple" up from the pressure, but she weathered It, pres sure button and all, and In a quarter of an hour was on the surface. While on tho surface they sighted smoke, submerged again, nnd soon, over the Jjorlron came eight battleships, es corted" by Scpps and destroyers. They tested their tubes before they got rn range. Finally they let go. Tho first shot missed, but after that they got Into ft good and the garby said all you could hear was the knocking of tho detonated guncotton. About five minutes later they sight ed flvo destroyers, two on each bow, and ono dead ahead. The sub steered In at right anglo zigzags and the de stroyers "stayed with their convoy. The sub launched two torpedoes at less than a mile before diving, to get away from the destroyers nnd tho garby said at least one of them was hit These ships must have been some of tho lucky ones that came down from the North sea. The garby said ho thought they were oft the Dutch coast at tho time, but ho was not sure. But this cruise that I was on was only a practice cruise and we did not meet with any excitement in the short time that we were out. CHAPTER XI. Action at the Dardanelles. I made twelve trips to the Darda nelles In all, the Cassard acting gen- ono trip was much like another, and I cannot remember oil the details, so ' I will give only certain Incidents of the voyages that you might find Inter- j cstlng. Wo never put Jnto the Dardn-, nclles without being under fire but besides saying so, what is there to write about in that7 It was interest ing enough at the time, though, you can tako it from me I Coming up to "V" beach on our third trip to the Dardanelles, the weather was as nasty as any I havo ever seen. Tho rain was sweeping along in sheets great big drops, und driven by the wind In regular volleys. Yon could sco the wind coming, by the lino of white against a swell where tho drops hit As wo rounded the point, the seas got choppier, and there were cross currents bucking the ship from every angle, It seemed. You could not see two hundred yards away, the rain was so thick, and the combers were breaking over our bows three a min ute. The coast here Is pretty danger ous, so wo went In very slowly and had tho sounding line going until its whlr-r-r-r sounded louder than a ma chine gun in action. I was on tho starboard bow at the tlmo and had turned to watch somo garbles poking at the scuppers to drain tho water off the deck. But tho scuppers had been plugged and they wore hnvlng n hnrd tlmo of It. The BRICK vs. BRICK BUILDINGS IN BEND OTHER BUILDINGS- VALUE ABOUT VALUE ABOUT $500,000 $2,000,000 FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS OVER NONE $100,000 !ucT,h BEND v-iilJIL CROIX DE GUERRE CHcer on tfie bridge, In oilskins, was walking up and down, wiping off tho bestnoss end of his telescope nnd try ing to dodge the rain. All of tho gar bles but ono left tho scuppers on tho tarboard side and started ecross Jecks to port. The other chop kept on fooling around the scuppers. Then I saw a big wave turning for us, Just off the stnrboard bow and I grabbed hold of a stanchion and took n deep breath and held on. When my head showed above water again the other end of the wave was Just passing over the place where tho garbles had been, and the officer wns shouting, "Un bomme n la mcrl" lie shouted before "Un Homme a la Merl" the man renlly was overboard, becauso ho saw that the wave would get btra. I rushed back to tho port bow and looked back, for tho wave had carried him clear across the decks, and saw tho poor lad In tho water, trying to fend himself off from the ship's side. But it was no go, and tho port pro peller bludes Just carved him into bits. On our homeward voyage wo re ceived word again by wireless that thcro were Zeppelins at sen. Wo did not believe this and it proved to bo untrue. But there were other stories and toller ones, told us by one of the wireless operators, that some of tho garbles believed. This chap was tho real original Baron Munchausen when it camo to yarning, und for a while ho had me going too. lie would whisper somo sturtllng talo to us and inako us promise not to tell, as ho hud picked It f '13' otl whip'" meinuo, and jrGallipcluy " it" W) ' 2 V JJ -' IS? f GALLIPOLIJ f DARDANELLES - OTHER BUILDINGS BRICK & LUMBER CO. the til . a v it i tviul-t.iglo hint If ho found It out. They probably would havo logged hint, at that, If they had known lie was lllllug us full of wind tho way ho did. lie told mo ono tltno tlint Henry Ford hud Invented something or other for locntlng subs utiles iiwny, und also another dovlco that would draw thu Bttb right tip to It and hwhIIow It whole. Ho hud n lot of other yarns thttt I cannot remember, but I did not bellcvo hint because I saw tin wns picking nut certain men to tell curtain yarns to that Is, spinning them where they would bo more sure of being be lieved und not Just spinning them any where. So I got pretly tired of this stuff after n while and when wo put out from Brest on tho fourth voyage 1 got this fellow on deck In rough weather and began talking to him about tho chap who hnd gone over board tho tlmo beforo and hud been cut up by tho propeller. I pretended thnt, of course, ho know all nbout It that tho Old Man had had this garby pushed overbonrd because ho was too frco with his mouth. But this did not scent to do any good, so I had to think up another wny, When wo wero out two days I got hold of our prize liar again. I tlgured that ho would bo superstitious and I wns right. I sntd that of cotirso ho know that a ship could not draw near Capo Helios and get away again un less at least ono man was lost, or thnt, If It did get away, thcro would bo many casualties aboard. I said It had always been thnt wny nnd claimed that tho Old Man had pushed this garby overboard becauso someone hnd to go. I said on our other trips no ono hnd been sacrificed and that wns the reason wo had suffered so much, and Utat tho Old Man hnd been called down by tho French minister of the navy. I told him tho Old Mnn would pick on whatever gurby ho thought he .could licit wpnrp'.. That was all I had to tell hint. Hi ther ho thought the Old Mi.tt knew of his yarning or elso he did not think himself of much account, for he dis appeared that very watch and we did not sou him ngitln until we were on the homeward voyuge and a steward happened to dig Into a provision hold. There wns our lying friend, with a life belt on, another under his head, nnd tho bight of u rope uround his waist, fast asleep. Why ho hud the rope I do not know, but lie was scared to death nnd thought we were going to chuck him overboard at once. I think he must hnve told the officers everything, because I noticed them looking pretty hard at rau or ut least I thought I did; maybe It was my conscience, If I may brttg nbout hnv lng one and I thought one of the lieu tenants wns Juit about to grin at me several times, hut we never heard any more nbout It, or any more yurns from our wireless friend. The fourth voyuge wns pretty rough, too. Tho old girl would stick her noso into the sens and muny times I thought she would forget to come out. Wo had n lot of sand piled up against the wheelhousc and nfter wo dived pretty deep one time nnd bucked out slowly, thero wus not a grain of wind left It looked like the sou wits Just kidding vh, for wo wero almost into : t v. nter. nnd here It hnd Just tnken 'hi sin i.bourd to clean up the wind we mrr'.'xl ull th way from Brest During the whole voyngo you could not get near the galley, whbit win whero our wireless frlead hung out when he could. The puns nnd illxli-i hnnging on the wall stood straight out when tho ship pitched, und several henvy ones came down on it cook't head while he wns sitting under them during it henvy sen. That made him superstitious, too, and he disappeared and was not found for two days. But ho was a landsman nnd not used to heuvy weather. When wo got to tho Onlllpoll penin sula the fifth tltno our hitttlu fleet nml transports Iny off the straits. Wc could not reach the little hurbgr on the Turkish const, but tho whole fleet felt happy and fairly confident of vic tory. Wo Iny off Cupe Helton, nnd It was thcro wo received tho news thnt thcro wero submarines lying around Gibraltar. Then they wero reported off Malta. Wo got tho news from Brit ish trawlers nnd transports. Our offi cers said the subs could not reach the Dardanelles without putting In some where for n fresh supply of fuel, und that the allied fleets were on tho look ou; at every pluce where tho subs might try to put In. But they got there Just the same. Then tho British miperdrcndmiughl Queen Kllzubcth, "tho terror of tho Turks," cutno In. Hhe left Kngliind with n whole fleet of cruisers und de stroyers, nnd nil tho Limeys mild, ".She'll get through. Nothing will stop her." ?no of tho boys aboard of lie tol mo ho hnd no Id-n the DurOumTiOH would bo iih hot it pluce iih ho found It wits. "Ouw blimey," he said, "vyhitt with dodging shells und mihtiiniiitt", you cuwtt't Vlp hut run oiitonlitounilit' mine. Ill don't mind tillln' oit," I hi sitld, "tlmt HI wus soured cold ut llt-st. And then HI thinks of what Mly Joe' (tho chaplain) told us one service. llln times of djngor, look littpuiuds, 'e nays. So III looks hupwiirds. und blltuoy litf thero wasn't u bully plane ii-dropplti' bombs lion m, What price htipwurd looks, Oly Joel' 1 sings out, but ho weren't nowheros near, lllurst me, thero weren't nowhere you could look without doln' yer bloody heyo it dirty trick." When tho Queen Elizabeth entered tho Dardanelles, the Turkish butteries on both shores opened right on Iter. They hud Ideal positions, und they were bunging uwuy In great style. And tho witter was simply thick with mines, und for all anybody knew, with subs. Yet tho old I.lzzlo sullrd right nlong, with her bund up on tho tiiulii deck playing, "Everybody's Doing It." It made you feel shivery along thu spine, und believe me, they got a great hand from tho whole fleet. They say her Old Mnn told tho boys ho wns going to drive right ahead and that If tho ship was sunk ho would know that tho enemy wus soinuwhoro In the vicinity. Well, they were headed right, but they uever got past tho Narrows. They stuck until thu last mtutito though, nnd those who went up, went tip with tho right spirit. "Art? wo downhearted?" they would yell. "Not" And they were not, either. They did not brag when they put It over on thu Turks, and they did not grouch when they saw that their Bed Caps hud made mistakes. Their motto was, "Try again," and they tried day nfter day. 1 do not know much nbout the histories of untiles, but I do not believe there wus ever un army like that of tho allies In tho Onlllpoll campaign, and I do not think tiny other army could have done what they did. I take off my hut to thu British army and navy after that. It wns hotter thnn I huvo over known It to ho elsewhere, und there was lo water for thu hoys ashore but what tho navy brought to them some times a pint a day, nnd often none ut nil. The Turks had positions thnt you could not expect tiny at my to take, were well supplied with ammunition nnd weru used to the country and the climate. Most of the British army were green troops. It wus the Auzncs first campaign. They were wonderful boys, those Australians and New Zonlaiidors. Great big men, all of them, nnd finely built, nnd they fought like devils. It was hniid-to-hund work half the time; "I Saw H. M. S. Goliath Qet It" hardly nny sleep, no water, sometimes no food. They mudc n mark thcro at Oalllpoll that tho world will havo to Co r.onio to beat Our boys wero on tho Job, too. We held our part of the works until the tlmo canto for evoyoody to null, nnd it wns no picnic. Tho French should bo very proud of the work their navy Jliitthcre In the Dardanelles. On our sixth trip I saw II. M. 8. Goliath get It. 8ho wus xtruok three times by torpedoes and then shelled. Tho men wero floundering uround In tho witter, with shrapnel cutting the waves all uround them. Cnly n hun dred odd of her crew weru suved. Ono day, off Cnpo Ilelles, during our seventh trick ut thu Dardanelles, wo sighted a sub periscope Just about dinner time. The I'rlncu Georgo and n destroyer sighted the sub ut tho snttto time, und tho I'rlncu Georgo let go two rounds before tho perlscnpo dis appeared, but did not hit tho mark. Transports, battleships end cruisers weru thick uround there, ull ut anchor, und it wus it grout place for u sub to ho. In no tlmo at nil tho destroyers breezed out with their tails lit tho nlr, throwing n fitnoko screen around thu larger ships. They hunted high und low, till over tho spot whero who hud bon flighted nnd ull uround It, thinking to rum It or bring It to tho stirfuce, so wo could tal.e u crude ut It. All the rest of tho fleet buttle ships und transports weighed unchor at ouco nnd Mourned uheitd ut full npecd. It wns n greut sight. Any now ship coming up would huvo thought tho British und French navies hud gone cruzy. Wo did not huvo any fixed course, but wero steumlng h fast as wo could In circles und half circles, and dashing madly from port to star board. Wo wero not going to ullow that sub to get u straight shot at us, W lutl wu uliuoSl TUffiTiTen imrsTCVPH doing it. It was it enso of clutsu-titll for every ship In thu fleet. But the mib did not show Itself again that day, und wo anchored again. That night, while the destroy ers were around tho ships, we slipped our cables ami patrolled the coast nlong (he Australian position ut (liihu Tope, but wu did not anchor. The following day tho Albion wetit ashore In the fog, south of (lahii Tepe, und us soon as the fog lifted the Turks let loose und guvo It to her hot. A Turkish ship cninu up uud, with any kind of gunnery, could huvo rulted her foro uud uft, but thu Turks must huvo been pretty i.hy of gun sense, for they only got In one hit beforo they weru driven off by II. M, H. Can opus, which htm mado such a iluo record In this war. Then the CitnopiiH pulled In clone to thu Albion, got a wire bowser nbourd, and attempted to tow her out under u heuvy lire, but us soon us she started pulling, the cable snapped. Thu crew of the Albion wero ordered aft and Jumped up on the quarter deck to try and sltlft tho bow off the bank. At thu sumo tlmo tho foru turret und tho foru six-Inch guns opened up a hot tiro on thu Turkish positions to lighter thu ship nnd shift her by tho concussions of the guns. For n long time they could not IiuiIku her. Then tho Canopus got another hawser aboard and, with guns going and the cruw Jumping nnd thu Canopus pulling, thu old Albion finally slid off and both ships bucked Into deep water with little harm done to either. Then they returned to their old uuchuruKcs. At Cape llelles every onu was wide awake, We were all on thu lookout for subs mid you could not find one man napping. Anything at all passed for n periscope tins, barrels, spurs, Demi horses generally flout In the witter with one foot sticking up, uud we guvo thu alarm many it time when It wns only some old nag on his way to Davy's locker. On thu Cassard the Old Mutt posted a reward of M) francs for the llrst man who sighted it periscope. This was a good Idea, but believe tnu ho would have hud trouble nitiklug thu award, for every man on thu slilp would be sure to see It ut thu siiinu time. Each mnn felt sure ho would be thu man to get the reward. Thu 1 l-poundcrs wero loaded and ready for action on it sec ond's notice. But thu reward was never claimed. During our eighth trick off Cape Holies I wus nmliUhlps In the galley when I heard our two 1 l-pouuders go off almost at thu ettmu time. Every, body run for his stutlon. Going up thu main deck to my turret it mini told mo It wns u sub on thu (tort bow, but I only ciniKht a glimpse of thu little whirlpool whero her perlscopu sub merged. I do not know why shu did not let loose n torpedo ut us. Thu officers said shu was trying to make thu entrance to thu Dardanelles uud came up blind among our ships and was scared off by our guns, but I thoiiKht we hud Just escaped by thu sklu of our eeth, Utter on our de stroyers claimed lo huvo sighted her off Onba Tepe. At noon we wero at mess when ons of tho boys yelled. ".She's hit," und wo nil rushed on deck. Thero wus thu llrlttsh ship. Triumph, torpedoed und listing uwuy over to starboard. She was rind) to turn over In a few iiiln utts. One battleship Is not supposed to g to tho uMdktitnco of another one thnt has boon torpedoed, because tho chuueert an- thu sub Is still In thu neighborhood laying for thu second ship with another torpedo. 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