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boat tied had visited her and hung a flare I 1 in lice her tak anil met rod and that hot ei 3 of alre fr 1 in the bit blace of star ashes or reddening through the hie drift of smoke watched etched the of whole one great enter it prime from the he rommen moment when han it hung in dandic to its ha ultimate depended on an surprise Bur price attack the piano planning As and execution of that like our access had been In trusted bv be vice admiral sir robert kc beyea to C cominio I 1 dore date hubert lym mam directed I 1 the he previous attempt to block the harbor with the sirius and ad brilliant upon that occasion it a combination of seen so and ad an kamsee A had might fought up against 11 1 1 him up upon this thin the 1 main I P problem caim waa to obtain the effect of a surprise it at turk tack up upon A an kere enem who mink me was clearly 1 ay iy from hla him ascertained dispositions ex fleeting him th the sirius rod brilliant had bad b been baffled by tile dimill cement of I 1 the h a bank buoy abbet marks mark the chanuel channel to the harbor entrance but since mines then aerial deemin desance ils sance bad established that the germans had bad removed A it the buoy altogether and that there now were mem to DO guiding marks of any k ad they also had cut gaps in the piers KB as a precaution against a leading landing and far further ther when in to toward red midnight thura thum tin day the mid ships Ps wo moed I 1 ed from their an Y it las im linova 0 A that some a nine german de were out and were at large upon the he most night nearly kimn windier th the r solution at on of up tle problem to la best beat indicated by th the a chr chronicle ordel of evem evenly it me ans a rig night ht t th that promised sell bell for far the enterprise nearly w indalesa and tat w list lint little breeze stirred came a point or so BO u west et of A orth north th the sky flaa lead blue in faintly lot y star dotted with ith no a moon A on an and a a atti belll sea bea for small kral craft motor and coastal let motor lot boats b whose ork ns done im ch cloie inshore F fu from u tile the det destroyer de roer which aerial the commodore for it a the re am let of in the force were ere visible only ILS am of I 1 blackness 1 arom I dunzik a sudden brief flur flat I 1 ry of go gunfire toom announced med that girmen idela Id airplanes eld were about they actually were on an the tha m way ay to visit calais and over the in invisible wide c coast set of rt anders the summer lightning of restless artillery rose and fell mono ton met there B 6 th the a V c I 1 A V the it auf A share lb flad anroen me an and re at din by the t torpedo d to tubes A and ad go guns am t turned me at that like name a to va lies faze A at I 1 the he great cut blach like at ohl blain seen mistily y through 1 the A act screen so ag ing ine en A from 1 the e 1 it 0 n ann A al rela cla P plodding killing ith at I 1 y t to A b her er goal out and nil nd she be receded tied lot into athe the night astern as a do detroyer A x raced it to lav a light in it da ha buoy that was can to b c her at guide and d those thome on hot hoard it it how list her a no more to q rhe he passed there thence a into anto the hands of the small m all craft whose base cid masilon clion mast guide tile I 1 se light list her and tilde bide her I 1 h the clouds or of A smoke screen sea intern was man no an rallia aly be bom of the harbor and ad batteries basterl s as A before tile the P previous attempt alt was to 1 be the he fact e element cut in the bur prise prime A time table able had bad b been sell I 1 laid do down A for far e aery pry stage of the operation and the staff w work ork arf beforehand hand even M included precise drill ordera for I 1 1 laving I the A gimmle barrage till III plans me for alu eiers direction of the aimi gait always alward solemn monitors 1 anchored anc cloned hired in firing poll it alons to tar as seaward card awaited the the areat wa b A of the build the marine lai tillery w I 1 in ri plunders dr among amon abat the lie imm brit t guns tant were ever littlest on 11 land at 1 blood hy by asa 1 to the al bager german arall iary cry along the coast and the th idana aho lm belt 0 o collaborate with mith nn am bierl sell el 1 of at the he lown waited tied nonie where kc in the dark acma no overhead hd h d restroom erf patrolled to seaward of the 1 small I left craft ill ihn aw wn at 1 that bol aid mn am gait it of hera her found the lie flab ahapa hill I 1 light buoy and ad diore or up for far where gerac B coastal to motor honl hent courno uld cd hy by I 1 bilut aleut wliilam R slayter the ame a until by a calcium note apt ahe old pon it ing n of the bank back be leov ilir V amb before it kirri nerive nr rive oal there here and ad fifteen I 1 only before it t waa as due at the harbor mouth oil tile the again I 1 tor far the th guns to open waa ele gill A two go motor boata under command of aleut leut albert il L poland dashed to lu anward rd t the he 1 egils l of the high aca lots lera old and keep torpedoed it them iacre wea tie tilt gui on an the end of the sea ern PI pier c and that vanished in fh a I 1 roar and leap lean of flames which wandi called to the be sit A ae over the dmn A flame derd appeared leacil high it in tile air and till wink milk slowly rill wards tho the signal that kill step 1 bid seen nd I 1 understood afta almost 1 I with alth their limbe then drat dime alie first fill shelli den up aiom hie I 1 monitors do at ben tile the sur prise part of tin fins as 7 g aab III alii surprise despite 1 iv tha get gel mans loans ill ness acm to h have been corn core po up until the moment when h tie the 1 terpo duc of the boats exploded e d re had not been a shot hat from tile had only kally cast I 1 routine atlo star or shells shell or great battene blinded III the motor me do doing it lnor work mark III tande poll pock et at manned by mill millwork cork end and me men or of the RAI roi 0 no NB bl volun bon reserve dr are specialist at smoke pro pre 1 et TIR the built lo 10 11 to 1 either 0 tl r hand of 1 the t 1 1 e I 1 I 1 adl t D camise r a the t ke of I 1 glandz II 11 A 11 dente deals sen ara neiti tr nil ahli tle e wind star tur shella hea rated and 1 ere lost oi th ihra c s milk 1 in it the I 1 of A siigri might tn in alook aff HT hort upon it I 1 it its front it butel blinded cil the b in lie treat great batteries hatt erlei abl so hed apol the marril tig of ali of guns roared into action aci I 1 tall there was as a abill of tremendous 11 uproar ll tile the atiat t shoot about ostend Is 13 sit I 1 mth hotl eries the these now a piel fire into inlo alic he smoke i and ad orr ier it at till the monitors omit and mo am inea and tin tile rall d xa chil the he niri air lease lanes re intent ing in and tin antl antimi craft A sunn were mihe i eclea sk for it alem star halt slanted up and ad floated down lighting tile the ballok banks with spreading green clr alre id and those strings of I 1 luminous III green balls its he kirac call A ing ohlon bcd feared up to rel loie them selea in ties lom on all this thio and blaze blabe of conflict the old till still I 1 n cumine vas me the lighted ted mi ft term tera toward tile the entrance als it man then A tint thit those 0 on ili the det rovers became aw are arc the that m what at scemer to be merely smoke anke wax on wet act mild cold that the rig gha fans as beginning to drip and ad that there were no an loneer long ati 11 tarn A aea me tog fag had bad r come me OR on air attack suspended hie had to turn on DID their lights light and to like hicar girens to keep in t too toimi oil each other the air attack as and the th with alth borne cm distance yet to go found herself in groag do dakres kres thor there we were motor lot boata banks on an either I 1 A side do of her ascol ting h her to the n trance th the the then put her helm holni her oer else and started to craise to find ad the entrance TV ta let ice she all must t have halt washed had adroit teri ceI unit nt at tile the third turn tur upon pon reaching the it positions at a vatch aich ante site ahe first lost her dav v there them col came a rift in th the mist let rod and she lie saw the entrance 1 rance and it the it am on either at side on and it an opening dead ahead T alie her V vindictive boll active v steamed 11 mold 1 in the guns found her nt at once as she was hit bit ever every y to few seconds after she entered her scarred bull b broken so L I 1 iris in a score cere bt bf places her leek decks aper kad and upper works swept bv be machine guns at after cr the control tower lower was d demol bed by a hill killed nil 11 th the occupants occupy A is including areas 11 II Mn MA cLachan Lh who mile was in command of it the upper ap pp and ad lower lomer bridges and the chr chrismon inmon s pt bv be hotels bullets corn CARD mamber godsak ordered the officers afla r to RO co with him to the conning canning to tower alth th the observed hiou blou gli the observe tie ton it I 1 in the cheet nail A of the con caal ath 7 a tower level tha 11 he ansti r rn pier r was some me yards yard from tile the sea 1 A a lard ard end na as tt at A some am time a h hip P had been in lead collision A with it none against billop pier le after passing the each in the pier commander commander gossitt left hell the a conning law tower and ad went cut on deck its the better to watch match the ships hip movements in a ads he 11 cleoe a position and ami called go in hi rough the allt 11 ot the th con abit lma ing to tower m er his him order to starboard stai board rd th the net helm th rhe responded and laid lice her be battered tred A noe to tile the ce tc pt iler r rod to owing ig her 30 3 0 feet of it length ner across the chinal chi inel it el ana as at that that a shell from rom the shore struck the conning 1 g t tower r I 1 amt io sir join bolm allen c and ad t j fant I 1 in A C were kill it commander attend godial OR wan we clato close ill lie tower lower mit outside do L allcut cut at al ae lei ne a ns stunned by I 1 the lie track shock I 1 lot Crutch critchley icy shouted through thigh tits clr sit all to a tile the maim ader mid and receiving na no on answer rung for the port effina breine f fill III speed losen astern to help the IR 1911 hip by this time lime the was iving of at 1 an angle of about 40 degree to tits th pier and seemed beamed to be tied hard fast a so ku 11 was unk impossible to bring lice her further around af after I 1 er the engines name in gutc to n effect lieutenant 9 gave t the a order clor 1 to tica clear tin tha enclee room more and A an abandon n do ship accord 1 ing 19 9 1 to the program tic gam pre previously emisly old laid down angl I 1 leute rout commander A A bury bory who iko va matt t the I 1 A last to Is leave the file engine cleala A room blow blew the ah charge h hv a installed art uen lieu tenant client blow blew tile the auxiliary charges in the forward six inch flinga tine zane from the file conning cannim tower he her work 1 I 1 finished I 1 home on board ailt lb it the old ship shrug as tile tore tere the bottom plates and bol kled fr from her bar she bank 10 about six feet and lay my up upon the hot bottom DID of the channel her 4 1 was it done lie bell it t la to be pi p bened taut beer corn under mander desal was gilld hy by the shell allen alch struck the conning tower lower lieu tenant crutchley Crutch lev Ill arching the ship before im he left list her failed to find dud his hl be bod or that tt of Sith ficat mahl ML hl I 1 an fn that vil derina of splintered wod w od and id shattered steel ball all oas according accord ln to program lt be call I 1 rockets for the beall it craft war wera hard from tile the 11 flagship at 2 30 a ni at it Is ie not act claimed by tile the offia who ho erid out the ta A that ostend harbor in 1 completely blocked i but its ha purpose to egberr eni barraia sk the fa finy y and make the harbor hop hie to any but small croft craft and ad trader dredging operations difficult has haa been falls the inon poi ion of 0 the Is hitik barm tc at on to the eastern pier and rad not her stern as 4 hour hoin 1 in certain skill fribis published i hed 11 illustrations in |