. The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others. Im; •11( The ??Cuessy Three British warships sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea onSeptember 23, 1914. The Aboukir was the first to go down 213 IN THE GERMAN COLONIES AND ON THE SEA of opinion that she had struck a mine, and, following their firstand strongest impulse, both the Cressy and Hogue closed in atonce to save life. At the Hogue was within a quarterof a mile of the Aboukir on her starboard bow, with the Cressy asimilar
. The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others. Im; •11( The ??Cuessy Three British warships sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea onSeptember 23, 1914. The Aboukir was the first to go down 213 IN THE GERMAN COLONIES AND ON THE SEA of opinion that she had struck a mine, and, following their firstand strongest impulse, both the Cressy and Hogue closed in atonce to save life. At the Hogue was within a quarterof a mile of the Aboukir on her starboard bow, with the Cressy asimilar distance away on the other side. The Aboukir had startedto lower her starboard sea-boat, but the list had become so greatthat she stuck and could not be got away. The sun was shiningvery brightly, and the red glow of the copper bottom with thepink bodies of the men as they climbed down her sides made apicture that will never be forgotten. Some jumped in, others sat down and slid, others contentedthemselves with walking a few paces as the vessel keeled , with two tremendous crashes, one immediately after theother, the Hogue was struck,
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