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The shore batteries promptly returned the fire, but it soon became apparent that the guns on the ships outranged them. For several hours the bombardment continued, and then two merchant steamers were seen making their way from the shelter of the port directly toward the British ships.
Shells were raining into our position now by the thousands, but our artillery could not respond as it was completely outranged.
At sundown of August 20, 1914, Von Bülow was in position before Namur, three miles from its defenses. Darkness fell upon a hot and sultry August atmosphere. Presently the flashes and boom of the German guns began a bombardment of the trenches between forts Cognelée and Marchovelette. It continued through the night. But the Belgian fortress guns were outranged.
There was no question but that she outranged the Emden slightly, but the German cruiser was steaming rapidly forward to overcome this disadvantage as quickly as possible. Now there was a puff of smoke from the bow of the Sydney. "Boom!" came the sound of a big gun. The Sydney, within range at last, had opened the battle.
They were bluejackets, and their only complaint on the trip had been that the U-boat's guns had outranged their guns. They volunteered in a body even the three wounded members. Doc took all the sound ones and went down into the forward compartment with a mattress and some scantling he found in the hold. The water was by then about up to the men's waists.
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