BATURDAY, JANUARY 81, 1090, TT mp et IH EARL DABBDHONHH E DAILY BRITISH WHIG A Ee MASaasAsad ud Sov] THT Rit) hotel WE TE TU TNE NF SC VICTORY AT By ADMIRAL WILLIAM SOWDEN SIMS The ae kxploit of Dunraven Greatest Exploit of the Mystery Ships Was a Fail- ure--Campbell of the Dunraven in a Disguised Merchandman-- Spotted a Torpedo Boat and Let Fly a Shot, After Manner of Merchantmen' --Special Steam Pipes on Dunraven Arranged to Give Off Steam to Simulate Bursted Engine' --Mystery Ships' Duty Was to Sink Sub- marines at Any Cost--Dunraven Badly Dam-| aged--Many Wounded But None Mortally -- | "The King Has Given This Ship the V.C." It was entirely "Characteristic of this strange war that the greatest ex- ploit of any of the mystery ships was In one sense a failure--¢that is, it did not succeed in destroying the sub- marine, « On an August day in 1917 the Bri- tish "merchant steamer" Dunraven was zigzagging across the bay of Biscay. Even to the expert eye she was a heavily laden 'targo vessel bound for Gibraltar and the Mediter- ranean, probably carrying supplies to the severely pressed Allies in Italy and the East. On her stern a two and one-half-pdunder gun, clearly visible to all observers, helped to emphasize this impression. Yet the apparently innocent Dunraven was a far more Serious enemy to the sGbmarine than appeared on the surface. The mere fact that the commander was not an experienced merchant salt, but Cap- tain Gardon Campbell, of the Royal Navy, in itself would have made the Dunraven an object of terror to any lurking submarine, for Captain Campbell's name was a familiar one to the Germins by this time. Yet it would have taken a careful investiga- tion to detect in the rough and un- kempt figure of Captain Campbell any. resemblance to an officer of the Nritish navy, or to identify "the un- tidy seamen as regularly enrolled British satlors. The armament of the Dunraven, could one have detected it; would have provided the greatest surprises. This vessel represénted the final perfection of the mystery ship. Though seemingly a harmless tramp she carried a number of guns, also two torpedo tubes, and several depth charges; but, even from her deck. nothing was visible except the usual tierchant gun aft. The stern of the Dunraven was a veritable arsenal. Desides the guns and depth charges, tho magazine and shell rooms were concealed there; on each side of the ship a masked"torpedo tube held its n.dssle ready fer a chance shot at a submarine; and the forward 'deck contained other armament, Such whe the Dunraven, plowing her way along quietly and indifferently, even when, as on this August morning, & subma- ; Tine was lying on the horizon, plan. ning to make her its prey. seen Beginning the Game. As soon.as the disguised merchant- man spotted this enemy, she began to behave in character. When an armed merchant ship got within range of a submarine on the surface, she frequently let fly a shot on the chante of a hit. That was therefore the proper thing for the Dunraven to do; it was really all a part of the game of false pretense in which she was engaged. However, she took of persuading the U-boat that it out- ranged the Dunravea's gun and could safely give chase. The decoy mer- | chantman apparently put on extra steam when fhe submarine started in| her direction at top. speed: here, | again, however, the proper manoeu-| vre was not to run too fast, for her, real mission was to get caught. On| the other hand, had she slowed down perceptibly, that in itself-would have aroused suspicion; her game, there- fore, was to decrease speed gradual- ly so that the Uboat would think that it was overtaking its enemy by its own exertioms. All, during this queer kind of a chase the submarine and the cargo ship were peppering each other with' shells, one serious- ly, the other merely in pretense. The mers fact that a naval crew, with such a fine target as an exposed sub- marine, could shoot with a conscious! effort not to hit, but merely to lure the enemy to a better position, in it- self is an eloquent evidence of the pérfect discipline which prevailed in the mystery ship service. Not to aim when there was a possibility of hitt- fog it, was almost too much to ask of human nature. But it was essen- tial to success with these vessels ne- ver to fire with the intention of hitt- ing unless there was a practical cer- teinty of sinking the submarine; all energies were focussed upon the su- preme task of inducing the enemy tc expose itself completely within three of four hundred yards of the dis guised freighter. A Big Shot, In an hour or two the submarin landed a shot that seemed to have done serious damage. At least hug. clouds of steam arose from the en: gine room, furnishing external evi dence that the engines or boilers hn: been disabled. The submarine com mmander did not know that this wa a trick; that the vessel was fittes with a specially - arranged pip around the engine room hatch whic could'emit these bursts of steam at moment's notice, all for the purpo of making him believe that the tals of the skip had been Irreparat damaged. The stopping of the sh the blowing off of the safety val and the appearance of the "pan party' immediately after this oste: sible hit made the illusion complet: This "panic party" was particularl panicky; one fall at a timé. thu dumping its occupants into the sea Ultimately, however, the struggling swimmers were picked up and the boat rowed away, taking up a posi- tion where a number of the Dunra- ven's guns cobld fet a good shot at vains that the shell should not reach the submarine; this was her means the submarine should the Germans follow their usual pla» ecting N\ ONLY TABLETS MARKED "BAYER" ARE ASPRIN | NohA For Colds, Pain, Headache, Neural. atin Em Seiation: New. vitis, take Aspirin marked with the name pg or you are not lakiug a i only "Baver Tablets of in an usbroken Theze is only one . © Aspirin ts the trade mark. (regipt antl ter of Saticy lion TERARUIRC EN to AEsist the pu! ret Bo damped wil wel; goacal trade spirin at All without the "Bayer Cross" Rane: Ioan Totaine comple 8 by. phgsiciana for ver Sond by Sor savuoals before visiting tne sink merchantman. S50 far everything was taking place ording to programme; but. pres- tly the submarine reopened fire id scored a ghot which gave the en- ay all the advantages of the sitna- on. I have described in some detail ihe stern of the ship---a variegated assortment of depth charges shells, guns and human beings. The danger of such an unavoidable concentration of armament and men was that a lucky shot might land # the midst of it. And this is precisely what now happened. Not only one, but three shells from the submarine one after another struck this hidden mass of men and ammunition. The first one exploded a depth pounds of high . explosive--which blew one of the officers out of the after control station where he lay concealed and landed him on the deck several yards distant. Here he remained a few moments unconse- fous; then his associates saw him, wounded as he was, creeping inch by a fair ghot upon the detested vessel, | CAPT. GORDON CANix charge--300 | PLOY Of Loe MYySLeLY Sup. 'Jue cap- tain had two alternatives; he could {fire at the submarine through the smoke, taking his chances of hitting an unseen and moving target, or he could wait until the enemy passed around the ship and eame up on the other side, where there would be no smoke to interfere with his view. It was the part of wisdom to chooselthe latter course; but under existing con ditions, such a decision involved not only great nefvé, but absolute confi- dence in his men. For all this time thé fire at the stern was increasing in fierceness; in a brie! period, Cap- munition and depth charges would { explode, probably killing or wound- ing every: one of the men who were stationed there. If he should wait until the U-boat made the tour of the ship and reached the side which was free of smoke, the chances were that this explosion would take place before a gun could be fired. On the other hand, if he should fire through the smoke, there tain Campbell knew, a mass of am-' Qiaiely sacCiuiced iL suca a sacrit | would give an opportunity of KC | troying the submarine. It was, there- fore, Captain Campbell's duty to | salla8lowly around his ship and ap- { pear in clear view on the starboard | side, leaving his brave men at the | stern exposed to the fire, every mi- { bute raging more fiercely, and to the { likelihood of a terrific explosion. { That he was able to make this deci- | sion, relying confidently upon the spi | Fit of his crew and their loyal devo- | tion of their leader, again jllustrates | the iron discipline which was main- tained on the mystery ships. The first explosion had destreyed the voice tube by means of which Captain Campbell ofmmunicated' with his gun crew. He therefore had to make his decisionswithout kéeping his men informed of the progress of events-- informatiog very helpful to men un- der such a strain; but he well knew that these men would understand his action: and cheerfully accept their role in the game. Yet the agony of their position tested their self-con- RB Walt, Ue wad picavw a, materially the worse for his experi ence, by the of the other membe was killed. The gashe bodies of several were va submarine vanished under the water upon the deck; but there were none | out a message notifying all d so seriously wounded that they did not recover. In the minds of these men, however, their own sufferings were not the most distressing conse- uences of the explosion; the really nfortunate fact was that the sudden appearance of men and guns in the air informed the Germans that they had to deal with one of the ships which they so greatly dreaded. The game, so far as the Dunraven was concerned, wds apparently up. The and the Englishmen well know that the next move would be the firing of | the torpedgt which could confidently be expectéd to end the U-bost's car- ! eer. Some qf the crew who were not vs anor a2, 0, The most successful of all the mystery ship commanders a A Gun HIDDEN BELOW AN IMITATION HATCH COVER This twelve-pounder a W as maupnted below what appears fu OX Tp LECK OF A MYSTERY SHIP The innocent looking coil of rope is in reality a conning tower, as indicated by the narrow slit through hich the ship's commander looks. The little chimney, that apparently is an outlet for the smoke of the galley store, contains a periscope, the lens of which is just below the smell tin cap. inch back into his control position, fortunately out of sight of the Ger- mans, The seaman who was, station- ed at the depth charges was also ded by this shot, but, despite all efforts to remove him to a more com- fortable place, he insisted on keeping at his post. *" 'Ere I was put [n charge of these things," he said, "and 'ere I stays." 5 ---- ¥ » Seng Lae little likelihood of hitting the submarine, Sink the Enemy Their Watchword. Those who are acquainted with, the practical philosophy which dir- ected operations in this war will rea- | ally foresee the choice which was now made. The business of mystery ships, as of all anti-submarine craft, was to sink the enemy. All other considerations amounted to nothing when this supreme object was invol- 5 to be a hatoh covered with a tarpaulin. When the submarine ap- peared on the surface and stopped to board the torpedoed ship, the hatch suddenly opened, and like 8 jack-in-the-box this gun jumped up to greet them." trol to the utmost. The deck on which they lay every moment be- came hgiier; the leather of their shoes n to smoke, but they refus- ed to budge---for to flee to a safer place meant revealing themselves to the submarine and reby: betray- ing their secret. They k the boxes of cordite shells in thelr arms and held them up af high as possible above the smouldering deck, in the hope of preventing an explosion which seemed inevitable. Never did Christian martyrs, stretched poh a lincapacitatea got a hose and attempt ed to put out the fire whi | i thirty ny owe WUies LAG WS | signals for dropping the' aise wor Dunraven's lifeboat, , that concealed the guns and which, al this time, had been drift- | ning the fight. The result was tl Ing in the neighborhood. It is one of { before the torpedo had apparently gi= the miracles of this war that not one | vei toe Dunraven its quietus, #11 : of the crew |remdining guns were exposed apd bleeding | their crews. Captain Campbell now thrown back | decided to fight to the death. He sent estroys ers and other anti-submarine craft, as well as all merchant ships, net to approach within 30 miles. A destroy er, should she appear, would force the German to keep under water, and thus prevent the "Dunraven from getting a shot. Anothér mere chant ship on the horizon might prove such a tempting bait to the submarige that it would abandon th mraven, now clearly done G ~--all on fire at one end as she was and also sinking from her torpedo wound---and so prevent any further combat. For the resourceful C Campbell had already formulated ans other final plan by which fie might entice the subniarine to.rise with! range of his guns. To carry out plan, he wanted plenty of sea and mo interference; wo he drew a circle in the water, with a radius of miles, inclosing the sp J which was to serve as the Be of ring" for the impending contest. ------ A Second Panic Party. His idea was to. fall in with the | German bellef that the Dunraven had reached the end of her tether. A has 1 | | i i 3 tily organized second 'panic jumped into a remaining life- and a raft and rowed away from the sinking and burning ship. Here was visible evidence to the Germans their enemies had finally abando: the fight after nearly four hours 4 as frightful gruelling as any ship = had "ever received. But there were still: two guns that were concealed and workable, there were as alr said, two torpedo tubes, one on beagi; and a handful of mien, were kept on board to man these, Mean- while Captain Campbell lay prone om the bridge, looking through » neeps hole for the appearance of the subs marine, constantly talking to men through the tubes, even: 3 them on their painful vigil. a 'If you know a betler "gle ™ } would say, quoting Bairnstather, to ft!" "Remember, lads," he would call at another time, "that the King has given this ship the V. C." ; Copyright, 1920, by the World® Work, The copyright of these in Great Britain is strictly red by Pearson's Magazine, Londons without their permission no quotés tion may be made. Published by spas cial arrangement with the McClure Newspaper Syndicate. o Childhood Constipation . 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