IN THE PACIFIC
GERMAN CRUISERS DISABLED .(New York "Evening Post"). ' Shanghai, China-, . August. 18.—Two German..cruisers' have been disabled and brought into 'Hong-Kong.. Confirmation of,this fact -was received here.today. The .deck Works, the.turrets, and the' barbettes of. the two cruisers were demolished,- and their.• masts and fun-, nels.,had.been shot away. Their, sides were stained with blood, which had run through the scuppers, .'... . Owing to the risid censorship established "by the British _authorities' at Hong-Kong, it is' impossible yet to obtain the names ...of .the. two. German cruisers. Manv German merchant ves•e"ls are lying in the harbour at HongKong. '' ' ■'.■'■ '■' : The New York-"Post" adds: -"Two. warships, bndlv' damaged and carrving many wounded, were repotted to have, • entered- Hon<r-Kong harbour on- Aumist .Ilß.' Their idoivtitv was not marV niib- | lie. but'; at .the .time -it was believed ■i tfvvr were . either the British cruisers .! iliuotaunnd'Hanipsbiro or the Frpno 1 ' eHiisers 'T)iipleix:n.nd Montcalm,, which. ' were, rennrted to.have had an en?aep-l-mcht wift 'flip Rp'rrnan cruisers Scharn--1 hcrst and Gneisena'n." '
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 7
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163IN THE PACIFIC Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 7
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