SAUCY ARETHUSA AGAIN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 176, 30 March 1915, Page 2

SAUCY ARETHUSA AGAIN.

“!M AT THE! DEATH” OF THE BLUCHER. HAVOC OF OUR GUNS ON THE SUNKEN CRUISER. The saucy Arethusa, the light cruiser whose name is both famous an-’ feared in Germany, has returned to porr with new battle honour from th: North Sea tight thick upon her. In Ihe main .orjm.gement between he mighty Dreadnought cruii‘3rs th lightly armed Arethusa of court, played no direct part, but at any rat. s’n e bad the satisfaction ci administering the coup de grace to the Blurb or. Watchin/y her opportunity, the Arethusa, probably htc swiftest era;. in the British Navy, came racing u, almost with the speed of an expros : to be ready for the finish. “The 131 uchar was still fighting, thought it was obvious that her end wa s near,” said on!; of those in the Arethusa. “We dashed in with our forward 6in. guns trained on her and let fly about a more of shells. A couple of torpedoes A:; else timhargod at her, and the s econd of these caught her fairly amidships, At that time* she had a big list and after cur sc:end torpedo struck her she dip, not survive many minutes. “We were able to get very close to her, and the- spectacle just I*for. she sank was a terrible one. “We had seen her fore mast coma crash Im? down, and now the whole vessel was wrapped in thick smoke, with flame.- shewing fc i e and aft, He pan turrets and top works v. era rippe n nd battered, nr chc v;'s an utr .k. She he. led gradually ova,- an nk !:. v.‘'r ' 1 v >■ End fin ;• e:r under with a plungD and a swirl The Arethusa ri k~d up in ; !! i' an. and 3 e ulcers. Nar.y r.f rirr-rn v, > ■ und..and . ;-.v .-tiff ami trim: ci with the o' - Id. In many c.r.ea IhE faces were smoke blackened, and (.baud been cut about the head with ny :-g splinters. The rescued cificers were eager trmow their givAiiiak: to these who ha-' u: con red them and rigged them or it;: spare clotiii.J;. They took c: heir rings amt pressed them cn men I . t.; gof th ?( r o <r; keepsakes, eve rentin' them with th-5r v/ ate he-; mi emptying their pockets of money c give the or ins ss souvenirs. AURORA BATTERS KOLBERG. The Feht cruiser Aurora, who has ! Iso returned to pert, engaged in a •duel during the tight with the German cruiser Kolberg. which some of the j Germans state was sunk. “The Kolberg I had a warm time,” said one of the I Aurora’s crew. “Our earliest shots tore j away her middle funnel and we raked | her pretty well lore and af t. She i fought garhely, but our guns outranged j hers, and w e escaped with no dam- i age. “Several of her shells hit our hull, j but they did nothing more than dent \ cur plates. No shot from her pierced i us, and no one aboard was wounded, j The Kolberg was left in what was be-! lievod to be a sinking condition, but i the Aurora did not stay to see her go ! to the bottom, being called away to • stand by the Lion and render assist- i I ance that might ha necessary.”