The officer said that in the ensuing fight the" k at one time closed the range so rapidly that it approached 10:000 yards in about eight minutes.
"All our guns were bearing on the enemy, and during the next quarter of an hour he took very severe punishment. "One ship fired from one angie abd another from another direction, His fore turret "was "soon oùt of action anda large fire broke out amidships, but was quickly subdued, "However often the Bismarck was hit, there was never any sign of a large rending- explosion, such as -|would have caused the-&hip to sink. r She continued" to move at about 12 knots, "After-the first 25 minutes or
urate. We did. not receive one her fire was intermittent and in-it. The enemy made no action to surrender.
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