ON THE SEA.
TWISTING THE DRAGON'S TAIL MEN SPECIALLY TRAINED.' IB TRUE NAVAL SPIRIT. / """"~ Received April 28, 5.5 p.m. London, April 26. Captain. Carpenter, commander of the Vindictive, states that the attack required that a large number of men should be borrowed from many depots. They were gory told that they would be required for a hazardous journey, and none refuted. A number on one ship, learning that they were to be left behind, declined in a mutinous spirit, to quit their ship They had'their way, and were taken into action on one of the blockships. Officers and men were intensely trained in fighting and bombing, all being tuned up to the,highest pitch. Ob separating, they passed Admiral Keyes, who signalled "St. George for England." The Vindictive flashed back: "May w* give the dragon's tail a damned good twist," and, Captain Carpenter added, "we succeeded." I While Captain Carpenter was walking the deck, a bluejacket's arm was blown | off. Waving the other, he atauted: "Jolly good'luck, sir. HaTe we won?"
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1918, Page 5
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170ON THE SEA. Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1918, Page 5
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