THE WARRIOR'S EXPLOIT.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14196, 7 June 1916, Page 5

THE WARRIOR'S EXPLOIT.

A THRILLING STORY,

FIGHTING SIX ADVERSARIES

AT ONCE

TWO ACCOUNTED FOR

DROAVNING MEN BOMBED BY

ZEPPELINS,

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The Warrior's crew have arrived at Chatham, where they had an enthusiastic reception. •The Warrior's exploits as decoy for the Grand Fleet are on every lip, and are destined long to live in naval annals. She was only seventeen minutes in action, yet she had 66 drilled and 43 injured. She first engaged twq cruisers, and at one time was fightinjfsix adversaries, mchiding' fourj^attlesliipfl, though part of the; cretifiiad to be detailed to extinguish :a. 'serious fire amidships. ' ' '

The Defence,, accompanying the Warrior fifteen nviles ahead of the battleships, sighted ;fchs .Germans between six and seven o'clock, and immediately opened fire. A- German Dreadnought quickly sank tho, Defence.

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Zeppelins signalled that the Grand Fleet was still far away, and the Germans hurriedly attempted to surround the Warrior.

-. The captain displayed brilliant seamanship, and zig-zaggtyl. Though the vessel was desperately -injured, she kept afloat in the action, and actually sank the Elbing and a destroyer, and severely damaged another cruiser, which was on fire before Sir John Jellicoe's leading Super-Dreadnoughts hove in sight, the Warspite leading.

The enemy immediately turned tail. A shell crippled the Warrior's engines. Her decks were a mass of twisted iron and steel, but the men were still standing to the guns.

The Engadine took her in tow, but it became necessary to abandon her. The captain was the last to leave.

The Warrior's chief petty officer, Daly, both of whose legs were blown off, shouted enthusiastically, "Give it 'em.' 1

The crew of the Marlborough relate that at one time there were six Zeppelins over the fleet, and their reconnoitring greatly helped the Germans. The Zeppelins bombed British .sailors who, were struggling in the water.