PARIS PRESS TRIBUTE
NEW ZEALAND’S PART FIGHT BY ACHILLES (Reed. Dee. 19, 11.50 a.m.) PARIS. Dec. 18. Paying tribute to New Zealand’s participation in the war the Paris paper Excelsior notes that 11.M.5. Achilles was the only combatant to emerge unscathed from the fight against the Graf Von Spee. t The paper says that the ‘New Zealanders were determined that their first blow should be a master stroke. “The British colonies and Dominions draw closer round the ships of the Allies," adds, the journal.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20124, 19 December 1939, Page 5
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84PARIS PRESS TRIBUTE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20124, 19 December 1939, Page 5
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