Show TUESDAY EV EVI WOMAN AND BABY a D DESTROY STROY BOAT U-BOAT BY TRICK Britain's Mystery Sh Ships ps Effectively Ef Effectively End Career of Ma Many y Subs I By Associated Press Prell LONDON Aug 6 Revelations re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding the work of British mystery ships which have played an important part In antisubmarine warfare are made by the n naval val correspondent of ot the Times Until this week the public has known nothing ab about ut the mystery ships known as s the Q ships al although although although al- al though several officers notably Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Gordon Campbell have been decorated decorated dec dee orated for services on these vessels Details now can be made public as the Germans are becoming aware of ot the methods through bitter experience nce BABY IS doMB B. B How a woman and baby accounted for a U-boat U is told by the correspondent correspond correspond- ent The submarine ordered a vessel to surrender and md a few shells into her The boats then left the ship leaving on board a woman who r ran n up and down the deck with a baby in her arms as If it mad The boat U-boat came alongside th the vessel and the woman hurl hurled d the baby into the open hatch The baby exploded and blew out the bottom of ot the submarine The woman wom worn woman an was decorated with the Victoria cross HAY STACK IS EXPLOSIVE In addition to the woman and baby case case the correspondent orr mentions the story of a a retired admiral serving as asa asa asa a captain who placed a haystack on onboard onboard onboard board an ancient looking craft When the U-boat U ordered her to surrender the Germans were astonished to re receive receive receive re- re a broadside from the haystack On another occasion slon a worn sea-worn tramp steamer was crossing the North sea when a submarine ordered the crew to abandon ship So sure w was Ls the German of his prey that the bombs with which he intended to Sink the vessel were brought on deck around the conning tower It required only a shell or two from the tr tramps tramp's mp's concealed con con- coaled l armament to explode o the borr bombs bs brn tb t eb and blow the boat U-boat U out of the water Capt Captain ln Gordon O. O L L. Campbell then thena a commander was decorated with the Victoria cross and the D. D S. S O 0 in 1916 6 being the first to receive these thes orders without the nature of his heroic deed being beingS made It was announced early in 1917 that the reason for his decoration would be made public after the war Captain Campbell gained the military cross for tor bravery in handling a tank when that was first used by bythe bythe bythe the British In t tire e e summer of 1916 |