A GAMBLE WITH THE FLEET
STORY OF PROJECTED GERMAN NAVAL COUP
EVERYTHING STAKED ON THE
FINAL THROW
(Hee. November 20, 8.5 p.m.)
The Hague, November 1.9. The newspapers publish a German salmon's letter, detailing the projected naval coup of October HI. The commanders were ordered to have the Meet ready lor sea on Wednesday. Tho departure was suddenly postponed .till Thursday. Then the commander of the battle squadron boarded the. writer's ship, the crew was paraded) and informed that something deplorable had hap: pehed. The crews on many of the ships extinguished the fires when ordered to make for sen, declaring that they would obey other orders, but would refuse to participate in a battle of desperation against (ho British Fleet. The officers intended to stake everything on the battle, and blow everything to smithereens rather than surrender. The loyal ships were ordered to train their guns en the mutinous vessels, biC the mutiney.s were not terrorised, so the coup was suri.i.eiil.v abandoned—"The Times." •
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 48, 21 November 1918, Page 5
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164A GAMBLE WITH THE FLEET Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 48, 21 November 1918, Page 5
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