ON BOARD THE ARETHUSA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 125, 20 October 1914, Page 6

ON BOARD THE ARETHUSA.

6EA3IAJT3 i v ;j!,la STORY. ] GERMAN TRIBM>. Tu OUR iNAVY.j Ixm'-.'.a, hepiember 2. The Aretllusa, •< .cc* played a prominent part in Otitic oil' llcligo land, was only c».u.. •• s- . a fciv days ago, and did not Kan . . .a.n vill last Monday. Four days iai. r. 011 her maiden voyage, iilie i . r of lire. Tb« Arellhusa, i.ib.". ty, Laurel and Goshawk all ri'.uiii'.. to Chatham after tho light. A seaman oil' liu Arethusa : "We were :i >, ..".a on 'i'lnuv-

day night, arid wore ordered to steam about twenty knots. The crew .i d not know where •Ihey were go n..;. ai the ship was cleared for at . ; >. mi/ soaio of our tiliaps sa;.i.- .ii.it must be Heligoland'/' 1, i. ideal morning for such an a-i. ■ . • we bail embarked wjoii. •••• .l-scovcro.l. A slight fog .preva . sa.v an aeroiii:i.,e but, thai. - '.lw> mist, h apparently. at, the was, failed to {discern the Jo':": '. When it turned, out vc > d it into the (bay. The 'dcsl t . irrty, an oil-fuel iioafc, went ai;.. '. ; 'ii he objeet, I suppose, of en ; . ..it raan ships toeomc out. Si. ' splendidly, but as she >vas iv a-. pippd'ul

well by a fori. is-.harged a torpedo whieii 1 .({■ civilian > J liiip. Unfortunately, •. , • -.Hiding officer, Lieut.-Coinman :- ; l.ar'.telot, was killed. The LHh i .> -••rs the marks of the fight. Her :• • mast is carried

away, and sh» ir, ;-o holes in the foremost funin ! i.■ destroyer Laurel also distinguish .i ■ .1. and, of eourse, did not come oilier scui free. I see her after /»»<!• i ; s carried away, and shells bm .n.iin steam-pip? and ploughed up • i... 1 -nd 11 half of :ihe deck. A sliei 1 .-t>: • •! her sloke'ho'd through two ! gratings, tot , Strange to tin; . •: • damage. 1 believe it was i:„ ■ i-h sank the Mainz wi'.Ji a tu: |j ■ •ml did so iust as that eruisi 1 ■ ;i act of tinning a broadside > • ! Our ship. Wi>* Arethusa, wi:: ,;>.iui;.,..lu:'e's flagship, renilc 1 d aeoiint of herself. Yoti • her condition that she was , r .; of it. Theiy are thirty In : ; si 'e, some of them low do'.,:: . .... r.f her WUljp is carried aw.: , ' her torpedo

lubes is smashed '1 feboat is also 'holed.' The 1' :>• •• Hoshawk came through scatiile.'-an didn't lose a man. The German gmm : ! one rare bi! of execution 011 one j,. ..ritish vessels.

A shell burst on :■ ■ and sma-h-'d it and killed eve • b :: -ir fourteen in all." A I'Uilir • \d\i MIST. Several of tin: . .u Harwich 'have a dill'erenii fight. The •I'i'urk-.-. i.y siy, went out from the nia.u ... vvlt.il two submarines to aei u-> .t -co/, the iilra being to tmpc tii. ' mm cruisers out. These boa I.* w, 0.. ,» 4 oVloek in the morning in ue au.i the in'st, a slig'ht swe.l he.11;.; .... „.u -ca. According to some of tile . of the engagement He til .11 ]y too . jii.to.: between .lie mainland ami n.. : ..nui, whi di .-.Wws tile daring- iiat,..<(, „i tile rard.

The fearless v.,ir. io. .va.tl to l>u shot at, and ihat sue t .i,d oiu ; lier par;, of the bargain is 51i0..: d „y the furl iliat all 1)I)i> nnieiAi'ii ... .maiie by the enemy's shells are .: ni, bo .vs. At one time she was lui.,,:!' engaged \vi ui live (iernan übij*., biu .v„..e the t'earlesn fired away, the t,.. ...uh seemed lo be afraid to use their ; ;.a* iar fear v( Jl.tting each otiur. i.i. gunners of the Fearless never Ju>. t..eir piestnce of mind or forgot li a- duty, and Iheyj pluekily fought all lime, luring the: enemy cruisers o.it. i'iu-y h.ul t'lif satisfaetioii uf h tt.ng on.' of' Uie large Oerman <-iuis.>rs ui an i sti'.i ed distance of 'uOOO yards, and tli.' (ierman cruiser] burst iiuo 11.lines auj sank. The l'ear-1 le.ss drew the lici'ai.in cruisers out of 1 *Jyjir hidiii" to Uu , , n sea, and when: tliey appeared the liritisli flotilla wen; j igi' thelil. Till) n '' : " :,r ? all ciitll'Jiia.ltic | about itlie daring ;tu i dash of tiieir com-| niaudem. One of ii.em said that they had 1.0 go and "no-e" the tlerniiins out I before t'hev won d light. I'.ut that, v.'hen the iig'iiii did begin, it was hut and furious, they do no. den- . The I'l.rsii gunners have not ur. »,:n-h ;e,|« rt for lihe iiehiiiin gaim r . "it. takes them too bing to lind 1 iu- range and the mark.' is'the g nerai comment. tuadix:: i;s,:Ari:. The Xorw. gi.ui s.,.i::ir> Kong <1; 11 - to rill arrived at > '.iris; ian-nud in a lud comiil :ijii. Inning had ;i narrow e.seape near iiciigoiaaii, es s.ie ~apponed lo jmss at a critical nioni n; li'livnn tiie Herman and I'r.'u.-h lighting mju idrons. Tlio captain rt juii'. nij't his st.aaiei' sailed i.n W'e.'hn s,l:!'. for Krag. loaded with pining a.ul sanilr, other goo.ls from lircnieriiavcu. On K. idav m' o ning at 7 o'clock : iiey arnvul near 111' (Icrmau enast and hcai'i-l a violent cannonade approaching, before flu , tjiiiie realise ! u hat iiappeirug 'the Kong Oiittm in was ill t.iie middle of the iiatil". The It I'l'ilicd crew feared tha: tiieir steamer would be cninpieiely wreeked. is missile, were p«i!ri!i S in fioni all sides. Shells i \plo.led over their h. ads, and the vessel was hit si vcral tiiir u. Mniv of her plales were conmlctely ritltllcd. One big shot, pcneirale-I |] u ,' f yi-part of the ship. Final.y -lie suee.vd. d in mi;iki"'-' her n.atit known, and so lie iMigli-li desiraycr- anpioa.-iiing her iiumediately she e-captd fir"liei' [ie;i|. <"■'i.:R I :A\ thi:.: i: 1 lie Herman oliieial \er-iou l>cars out what we already ku e.v. et -epi tha ihe, make out that 'ca: li of tic ir v. U .is surronnded b-, a superior lirili-.ii force, and was only sank af.c- a. iicroii' rcsisii since, 1 lie berlii) deipa'c, ai|d<: "1( must be admit'ed tlial (!„. lirilv.ililoiil. (-.topping t,j cansaler their own 'langer. Sflft «!it lif" l-oai. i.l or.ler u, -ate on,' men."