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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-06-06, Page 3DARING EXPLOITS OF BRITISH SUBS 'PERILS AND TRIUMPHS OF UN- DETISEA BOATS. 'Oen Entered Ilelgole d Harbor Through Mine -Infested Water$ and Ueetroyed U -Boat. The world knows the story of Brt- tain's fleets --the simple tale of the gaunt grey fighting hulks that swing •ceaselessly h circles from the Arctic 'down to Ostend, barring effectively rho egress from German ports of na- val merchant shipping. Only the U- boats and an occasional raider have been successful in slipping through the steel cordon. Although much has been told about the High Seaa fleets, but little 'has been written—and lees ofiteially •disclosed—about England's efficient submarine navy. However, there has ' been received by the Committee on Public Information an official Britieh •statement, trade public with the ap- probation of the Admiralty, telling in detailed form of the exploits of Bri- tons in combating Germany with her favorite weapon. Leaving the home harbors on Eng- , land's east coast, or perhaps dropping •down some Scottish firth, the submar- Ines slip into the grey waters of the North Sea and pick their way through •German mine fields, so that they ma'y 'battle with the enemy even within the •routines of his own harbors, Entered Helgoland Harbor, One of the most popular tales of the exploits of British submarines, which, however, is not contained in the prepared statement, deals with a young Commander who audaciously ,crept through mine -infested waters into the very harbor of Helgoland, the German Gibraltar, As he allowed. his periscope to show above the sur- face for an instant, he caught a glirdnse of an eltemy U-boat riding .awash, while the crew, lined up on dock, smiled a greeting to the crowds on shore and aboard harbor shipping, who were noisily welcoming the "heroes"returning from a raid on the Atlantic. A torpedo from the British craft summarily cut short the cele- bration and eliminated the U-boat as TO REMAIN 1 OJNG 444 the bowel° .F.a�x)y 61; PURGATIVIIt WATg A mild but stere anitne pergative wuboh eoftene tete eontente of the Intee• ttaeo and ftaollltates their eaputaioe without cauatag collo, «amps or die. oc¢uttart, On Bale everywhere: eft °erste the bottle, In11QA PURGATIVI6 WATIFZE CO. MONTR13Al,S CAVALRY COMES INTO ITS OWN ONCE MORE BROUGHT INTO PLAY ItY OPEN WARFARE. Splenelid Sight as They Carats Cdtarg- ing Across the )Field as in Hays of Old. Despite the many efforts of army officials of the Allied nations to have cavalry regiments changed into light and heavy artillery, because of their incompetence en trench warfare, the recent successes of cavalry commands attached to General Haig's army in checking the German offensive em- phasizes the further need of the mounted organizations in this and future wars. The cavalry had made history long before all Europe hacl arrayed itself to suppress the common foe of demo- cracy. During the present German offensive the cavalry got its long -de- sired wish to distinguish and to prove to the world once again that mounted men still constitute a force to be reck- oned with and that the service is not a useless adjunct of the army. Valuable in Present Offensive, These mounted organizations have at no other time since the beginning of the great conflict been able to play such an important part in this war as they have during the great bat- tles'ivhich have taken place on the western front recently. They have been stretched along the battle line, filling in gaps, strengthening the line and covering the retirement of a future menace to allied vessels. The the infantry. During the first three brilliant phase cd the achievement is days of the Teuton drive the mounted the fact that the English vessel sue- men accomplished valuable work, seeded in escaping and returning to fighting mostly on foot. Dismounted port unharmed. cavalrymen held the 011ery-Ham Besides detailing various engage- line, where the fighting was terrific, ments in which British tubnarines while the infantrymen withdrew. One ha"e accounted for one or mere enemy Party of dragoons was cut off all war vessels—it is stated that more night, during which they were out in than 40 German warships have been the open battling for their lives. Fin - attacked successfully—the review ally, they cut their way through the tally of the hardships incident to pat- enemy's lines at :fussy by main force. rola in bad weather. On the 23rd of March the cavalry Attacked Destroyer. A few of the successes of the Bri- tish submarine are recorded officially: "While patrolling between the East- ern Fans and the Weser River a sub- marine sighted two lots of destroyer smoke to the southeastward. Two anxious hours were spent manoeuv- ring for position to attack, and then at a range of 600 yards two torpe- does were fired, one at the bow and .a- one at the stern, of one of the de- stroyers. Having fired the torpedoes the submarine dived to avoid being e, detected, but a loud explosion told without doubt that one of the tor- developed between the horsemen and pedoes had reached its mark. Eight the enemy infantry across the rolling minutes later the destroyer was seen sinking by the stern, fifteen feet of her bow still stanching vertically out of the water, "The other destroyer was seen steaming at varying speeds and dis- tances around the wreck. Elated at the success, the submarine thirsted to put her down, too, but as two more destroyers had arrived on the scene and were systematically searching, it was not considered feasible W con- tinue the attack. "On another occasion two armed auxiliaries were sighted in the Helgo- land Bight, and the leader, the larger of the two, was attacked and torpe- doed, and was seen to be sinking by the stern. Disappeared Utterly. "Yet another instance of the total disappearance of a ship may be cited, One of our submarines located an en- emy submarine ahead of her, and giv- ing chase reduced the range to 400 yards. Two torpedoes were fired, and one was seen to hit. When the smoke cleared away there was not the ves- tige of the hostile vessel to be seen. "These are but a few of the many instances which could be quoted show- ing the silent and stealthy work of hire submarine. a Why She Chose Hint. She was comely and a widow, and, moreover, she was Scoteh. She mourn- ed Macintosh, her late husband, for eighteen months, and then from a crowd of suitors chose honest, come- ly Maelntyre for her second. "I'm no' guid enough for ye, dear?" he whispered. "What for did ye choose me oat o' sae mony?" "Ah, weel, yo see, your name's Macintyre." "Yes, but e" began the bewildered suitor. "Air' ye ken," finished the widow, Jd "all my linen's marked'Mael,'—that's why, Donald." "The test of tact Lie not how often you please, but how seldom you of. ,Pfend. "—A. W. 1LoI1letts, - heed for a counter-attacic and here the horse gunners accomplished more gallant work. As the enemy massed, in the open, the artillerymen poured large quantities of shell into their ranks, one battery alone firing 2,000 rounds at the target, For an hour the German infantry marched ex- posing themselves to the hail of death, They kept coming for'wnu&•d, but only a few reached the wood and the attacic was smashed by the troopers. DISCLOSURE BY HUN PAPER. German Newspaper Reveals Vastitete Of Spying System. The extraordinary number of Ger- man "agents" and spies who are still working for the Fatherland in Eng- land, France, Spain, the Scandinavian countries and America forms the sub- ject of an illuminating article in a re- cent issue of the Berlin Tageblatt, Herr Theodor Wolff has apparently no intention of giving away any in- formation to the enemy in the matter. He is merely concerned with the scan- dal of granting exemption from the new German taxation proposals to this army of shirkers who, "under the pretence of working for Germany, are living a life of luxury abroad and es - raping military service." The Tageblatt's unconscious revela- tions are as follows: "The people who know what is go- ing on are amazed to learn how enor- mous is the number of people who are working in Germany's interest in for- eign countries: It will be extraordin- arily interesting to hear something one day about their duties and their achievements. "When the war broke out we were told in Germany that we had not done enough to make sure of the moral conquest of the world, that our re- sources in the matter of secret agents were too small and our methods too old fashioned. Instantly there arose a number of persons quick to•under- stand the magnitude of the opportun- ity that was presented, and all these offered to help the Fatherland in this dire necessity. "Every one who pretended that he had some relationship with foreigners was sent away with plenty of money. Adventurous plans (of which noth- ing more was ever heard) were greed - came into its own, for the horses were fly accepted, and we threw ourselves brought forward and the troopers be- into a great propaganda work which gan a series of spectacular feats. was considered 'intelligent' and 'mod - When Noyon was first threatened ern' cavalry was sent to hold the line of "All this was supposed to win over the Oise west of the town. The Brit- the world and torn the hearts of for- ish infantry was forced to fall back eign peoples towards us. In reality on the 20th, and the cavalry was pull- it spoiled the little that remained to ed back also with the intention of spoil. In the remotest corners of the occupying the ridge near the village world, and still more extensively in of Porquerticourt, in the vicinity of neighboring countries, this work of Noyon, 'information' was started. Canadian Cavalry .Assist. "All it Itas shown is that Germany The Germans were also aiming to still has a large reserve of strong get a foothold on this hill. A race men of nlilitaTy age. ground. Both reached the forest at about the same time, but the cavalry lost no time and rushed through the forest against the Germans. An in- tense battle at close quarters ensued and the cavalry was doing great exe- cution when the order tame for them to fall back in order to cover the re- tirement of the infantry, which had succumbed to pressure at other points. The mounted men withdrew from the wood and brought up the rear, pausing often to fight rearguard actions with the hostly pressing en. any. When word came from the British command that the wood northwest of Aiureuil was filled with enemy in- fantry, who had brought forward great numbers of machine guns, which were mounted in every avail- able vantege point, even in trees, the gallant horsemen were called upon to clear the wood out. They respond- ed and carne pounding up to the wood in a picturesque manner. Hero part of them dismounted and went on foot,. but the Canadian horse tore on into the forest and hurled themselves on the enemy, The Germans slowly gave way before the onslaught until the western part of the wood had been cleared. Like Knights of Old, The cavalry was again called upon on April 1 to attack the enemy. They did and no more splendid sight has been seen along the battle line than when they came charging across the field as in days of old and drove straight into the hanks of !machine guns scattered among the trees. The first charge gave the horsemen a foot- hold in the wood. They reformed and surged forward again. This time they got to the centre of the forest. Once more they drove their horses full - tat against the German line. The lat. ter held for a little and then sagged and broke and the British atoemod their way clear through the wood to Hie eastern side, the eltemy fleeing be- fore them, Behind thein the ground was strewn with German dead and wounded. Tho Germans immediately reorgan- "JOY-RIDING" IN A TANK. Anything But a Pleasurable Experi- ence, Says at Correspondent. Joy -riding in a British tank means hanging on for dear life in a deafen- ing roar of machinery while the ma - chile lumbers up and down grades, alternately tossing its passengers first one way and then tiro other. A trial trip is thus described: "We accepted with some trepida- tion, an invitation to make a journey in the machine, About half a dozen of us entered by the narrow door and were cramped up on the little plat- form which runs on each side of the machinery. We held on like grim death with our hands. For a few mo- ments everything went well. Then there was an upward movement of the forepart of the tank and in a trice we found ourselves without a foot- hold and were suspended by our hands frons the 'holdfastse "Tho vessel jerked violently as site started on her downward course. Irl the twinkling of an eye we were thrown into the same position as be- fore—only more so—with our legs dangling and our hands gripped in the effort to hold .on and prevent be- ing thrown all of a heap. We event- ually emerged none the worse for the trip, but with a vivid impression of little bottle for you from his whole- IPer the Summer IlVitrarobe The simple dress of silk or satin fonds a place in every wardrobe, McCall Pattern No, 8028, Ladies' Semi -Fitted Dress. In 6 sizes. 34 to 44 bust. Price, 20 cents. The tub skirt plays a very important part in 'the (summer wardrobe. McCall Pattern No. 8211, Ladies' Two -Piece Skirt. In 7 sizes, 22 to 34 waist. Price, 20 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co,, 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. 0 0 0 0-3-0 0-0 o—a—o—o u PAIN? NOT A BIT LIFT YOUR CORNS ° OR CALLUSES OFF 0 No humbug! 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If your druggist hasn't! any freezono yet, tell him to get a what must bo the life of the gallant crews to whom our experience was a trifle as compared with theirs in the midst of shot and shell and with their own guns blazing away. "The roar of the machinery in the confined space was terrific. The man with the strongest lungs, shouting in the ear bf a man of tho aeutest hear- ing, could not make a syllable heard." ,'mak Canada's Peat Supply. - The known peat bogs of Canada, covering about 80,000 square miles, are estimated to be capable of pro- ducing twenty-eight thousand million tons of air-dried peat, which in fuel value would equal fourteen thousand million tons of coal, Share your happiness with others, bet keep your trotublee to yourself, sale house. What IIe Inferred. A lieutenant was instructing his platoon in visual training. Said he to the first man: "Now tell me, how many men are there in that trench - digging party over there?" "Thirty men and one oilier e," sante the answer, "Quite right," said the neutering after a pause, "hut bow do you know one is an officer at this distance?" "'Cos he's the only ono not working, Ar," The way to wealth le as plain as alto • way to market; it chiefly depends on two words, industry and frugality.— Benjamin Franklin, ED. 7. ISSUE 28-18. nber''e. She has, therefore, leen her foreign trade. She has lost her East 'nanny, with the suceessful conclusion of the East African campaign, She has lost the respect and confi- dence of most of the nations. She has lost her former leadership in many realms. Slto has lost many of her patent rights, that were once a source of great wealth, She has lost her supply sources of many raw materials that ace essen- tial to her industrial life. She has lost millions of her son,;. 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