ESCAPE IN CAPTURED TUG
BRITISH OFFICERS' DARING FEAT,
In the Kimlish Prize Court the Crown asked for Hie condemnation of the Turkish tue Hcrtlia and her cargo, captured I>v British officers who a;? prisoners of war weaned from the Turks. Counsel. Mr. O'Connor, who made the application, said that Commander ArchiliAhl Dousl.ts Cochrane, E N., with eight British officers, prisoners of war at Yoz-, "ad Turkey, escaped-from their camp iin.i reached tho Anatolian coast after advenhires which included.'capture by brKvids, FMint rations, untold privations, a.ti<l escape from cut-throats. These dnrin? men conceived the idea of hndinj their wnv down !o the beach and swimmine the two hundred yard:; to tho lurk-. iS ßv"means of hastily-made paddles and snils improvised from native cloth, the.v succeeded ir. running the Turkish tug out in tow of its dinphy under the nose of the sentry, although the 1 urkish crew were, billeted . only thirty yards away. When safelv out at sen, a matter of a mile or to. the officers set about starting the'engines of the tutf, which was oiltirull work in their weak state. After further adventures they brought the tug to Cvprus. . The nartv' consisted, 111 addition to Commander Cochrane, of Captain A. B. ITaii. 241h Punjabis; Captain li. A. !• firant 112 th Infantry;' Captain V. R. Clarke 2nd 'Royal West Kent*: Cautam M. A. B. Johnston. P.G.A.; Captain J. A Harris. Hants TCeniment; Contain Iv. T). Ycarshv. Tt.Tl.: Ca'-tain F. R. Mlißi ■Duke of Cornwall's L.L . , • The President (Sir H. K Duke), to Commander Cochrane: I have to express the admiration we. all feel at the services von have rendered on this occasion and the irallaiih'v of your adventure. The vesset and cargo were condemned aa a prize.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 81, 31 December 1919, Page 6
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287ESCAPE IN CAPTURED TUG Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 81, 31 December 1919, Page 6
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