THE MOEWE.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2887, 6 March 1916, Page 2

THE MOEWE.

M.ORE DETAILS OE HER RECORD. THE CLAN McTAVLSII FIGH'i London, Maueh 4.

Tbe Daily Chronicle say.s Uh.e-f I -J of the Clan Mc'Lavish's crew are a I Tilbury. They abate .that Count Vondoiiah is eiiniiiia.ndnii'g 'the raiikr Mooii". The vessel, is a huge tloa.lasg bomb, with vast Htorcis of Horpedejc-, shells, ivhito munes, and bombs la.sb.el lo every deck and In all the. room:> The Germans stale that they are <:e----ferniiiiie'd not to be captured. '1 iie Moewe tran lies blown' up at a n:,oinenif'H. notice. lhe crew are a line act of in.-en, hut -were paralytic drunk when they crossed the line, excepting the- wnir.ie.-.s.

Mr Mchnifyro, a cranny mariner from the, Hebrides, second in ' eo.uuiaud of dim Cliiiii McTavlsh, give*) tlufollow ing Iji'i'iiilling. narra.ti.ve of the light: "We- wiM-e- 1.00 ni'ih'.s south of Madeira *m January 1.6, w'fien «y sighted w-h'iii appeared to lie two etnljmary .mererha-ut.nieii, apparently steering a courses parallel to tlluU of 'the Clan M.oTav.ish, but they gradually converged on the vessel. Afterwards, wlhon tho Moewe - tsigtrialllod ' Wha.t ship?' we were suspicious, and d-d not reply. Wben lhe'Moewe was abaft our beam she signalled, 'Stop a.t oinoe. 1 am a German cruise.-r.' Captain Oliver instantly ordered Ihes engines bo put on full, speed, wihn.le J put vi) :l bluff and .signalled to lhe Ge-rnian.s we wero. .stoppling. TinMoewe. signalled thai, sho was He-nel--ing a boat-, anel sffonped -hor ow-n engine*. Til us" result was tlra-f she «a.s left astern. Discovering the deception, she fired across our bows. Then tho fun began. Gunners Recce and Angus got our pounder busy, and we fired back. 'Their next shell sli-nck tihe forecastle, smashing .the wiLnd'!'H>-M aud killing a. Lascar. Recce ami Angus .iireel as often, a.s possible, and we could >see>. thai their shots were hitting the Germ-am. The Moewe was only 200 yards away, and nearly all her shots missed, until tlhe fifth struck tin? engine-room and m\.o lfhe-r 11 til us bolow the waier line. Oa.ptain Oliver ordered us to cease firing, and then stopped the whip. The whole thing wa.s over. in. 15 minutes. If was a pretty fjiUblc fight. When wo were ou board tho Moewe, we found that our 0-Inch pounder had done a- good deal of damage, and had killed four amd wounded two of bhe crew. Count Yon donah asked Caiptal'ni Oliver why he bad fired, and the latter replied: ' M.y Goveminiion.f put a. gem On board, and if was not -am OT-iniment.' The Moowe had 6-inoh and 7-luioh guns ingeniously con coaled, as well as two torpedo tubes and one 4.7 gun." Washington, March, 4. The U.S.A. Government has decided that the Appam, cap tv red by the Moewe, 'belongs tk> Germany under the Prussian] treaty, but that it is desira.hle to submit the case fo the Courts lo decide finally whether the treaty .is now applicable lo this prize ship.