FALL OF TSINGTAU
JAPAN SURPRISED London, December 18. 'An 'American correspondent who was present at the siege of. Tsingtau says that some of the German guns had (previously been used in .the siege of (Paris in 1871. When the Germans had exhausted their ammunition they dynamited the guns. An aviator named [Lieutenant Plushkow escaped and was .-'interned, with his machine, in China. 'The Japanese were unable to understand why he surrendered while a ■ fighting man remained. Tliey also were •unable to understand why tho Governor 'of Tsingtau did not commit suicide. "
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2338, 21 December 1914, Page 6
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91FALL OF TSINGTAU Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2338, 21 December 1914, Page 6
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