AFTER THE BATTLE OF CORONEL
"BETTER KEEP THESE FOR MY GRAVE" London, April 30. The Hon. W. L. Allardyce," ex-Gov-ernor of the Falklands, relates that after the'battle, of Coronel tho German colony at Valparaiso banqueted Admiral Von Spee. The .final toast was "Damnation to the British Navy." Von Spee rose and said that neither he nor his officers would respond, and withdrew. At the door, observing flowers strewn on the steps in his honour, he remarked: "Better keep these for my grave. They may be wanted."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2451, 3 May 1915, Page 6
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86AFTER THE BATTLE OF CORONEL Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2451, 3 May 1915, Page 6
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