The German gas attack Attack at Wulverghem on 30 April , caused Causation the defenders casualties Bodily_harm and fatalities Death but German raiding Attack parties , looking for mine entrances Arriving to destroy Destroying , were repulsed Defending with small-arms and artillery fire .

At the time she was sunk Motion , she was carrying Carry_goods over 4 million rounds of small-arms ammunition ( .303 caliber ) , almost 5,000 shrapnel shell casings ( for a total of some 50 tons ) , and 3,240 brass percussion fuses , in addition to 1,266 passengers and a crew of 696 .

They were then targeted Aiming by Hezbollah with additional secondary explosions Destroying and small-arms fire Use_firearm .

When British parties advanced Cause_to_make_progress across no man 's land to occupy Control the crater , they were engaged by German small-arms fire .