Show Mate t Hero s Hero I l i t Ee E IE yo lo A Battle Is Told I Recognizes e Gallantry International News SerJ Service Ser Ser- I J ASHINGTON July 20 An O.-An- An Andrew drew a chief boatswains boatswain's m mate te has won his place among the tho elect of s s 's gamest fighters His crisp l made public here last tells his story three hours he and i his gun fI pf fought a a submarine the deck of the merchantman merchantman- i er cargo of gasoline ablaze h h their heir feet battle attIc took place in the Median Medi- Medi ean an off oft Cape de Palos Spain Spam in rl morning of June Jun 12 lii fight t t brought cheers i from the ns themselves nj ri the blaze aboard the ej too oo hot to pass ammunition to toler toper per ter gun when lifeboats were on onn n 4 tho whole ship at ablaze laze with g gear shot away and the ship I Ig g g gf in circles andr and r f his crew fought their way hj he flames to the forward gun Iun trove the submarine back out of rD fand d abandoned the ship only i the Uie fighting pin Jammed in the Callable weapon t said to the credit of ot this Ui U- U i mander that he recognized tho the try ry of his opponents In the Id ld chivalry of the tho sea he called aIled mall boats about his craft tend- tend r wounded shook hands with the then ther n r and told him it was the best I. I merchantman m ever put up ms is report J here ere rere attacked by a submarine i a a. m m. on June 12 She was off lu about yards away r red d four or five shots b before fore he We swung aroun around until er faced the tho submarine and rethe re- re I. I Ithe the he fire aj ate a a range of about ards The submarine stayed or yards away and for forSon ason Son our shots fell short We Ve ut tit tita a call for assistance ir iL a half hour fight we were hit gasoline tank aft and fire start- start was was reported to mo me that the Ution art was running low Imely Imly Imply Im- Im ply ely ly I lined up the forward gun with ith the merchant crew to pass forward and aft About it i- i r after fire broke out all over II III the ship and it became impossible for I the men to pass any more ammunition tion aft I When I T saw such was the case I i happened to be abaft the main mast II and I called for one of tho the guns gun's crew to go goo forward with me I reached the bridge being burned on the theay way ay the r man an was unable to follow About this I time limo steering gear wear was shot away and and the ship started to go bO around in circles Coming down off the bridge I saw the captain and the boatswain who was holding the falls ready to lower the lifeboat The captain said to come and get in the lifeboat as as it was starting to burn I told him to wait walt r I I then noticed two of the guns gun's crew in in the lifeboat I ordered them to get out and come with me We went forward forward for for- ward and manned the forward gun with which we fired four shots before belore the tho firing pin went out of commission When the submarine saw our fire tiro was coming closer she steamed full speed astern so that we could not see her Then as we could fire no more and the captain called that the lifeboat t was burning we wo got into the boat Tho The lifeboat was upset wh when n it hit the w water ter and two of the merchant crew were lost The aft guns gun's crew and merchant crew left in their boat as fire would have burned it The captain of the submarine called the boats alongside and congratulated us shook hands with the captain and told us it was the gest fight they had ever seen any merchantman put up The Germans treated two men who had been wounded and returned them to the boats The commander of the submarine said he would tow us toward the beach but said he would send for assistance About an hour after the submarine left we were picked up by a Spanish steamer which had re received re- re our call for assistance Shortly after submarine came up near the Officer of ship got into small boat and went over to submarine He returned to ship and submarine went around the ship submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine crew cheering and crew also cheering and then steamed away |