GERMAN SQUADRON CORNERED
BY BRITISH WARSHIPS IN EASTERN WATERS Peking, Friday. It. is stated that British warships have cornered the German Squadron on thiß station, and that coastal shipping, which has been waiting in the harbourß, has resumed trading (The German fleet in China and Samoa waters at latest advices included the Gneisenau, cruiser/ 11,420 tons, 24 knots; Scharnhorst, cruiser, 11,420 tons, 22& knots; Nurnberg, light cruißer, 3996 tons, 23fc knots; Leipsig, light cruiser, 3544 tons, 25 knots; and two destroyers. The Gneisau Scharnhorst, and Breslau are understood to be in Southern Pacific waters GERMANY'S TRADE BOTTLED RETALIATORY MEASURES FOR ARREST OF RESERVISTS London, Friday . German commerce having been swept from the seas, German traders and manufacturer are absolutely at a standstill A Rhine steamer, carrying British and American tourists, near Cologne, was searched, and fifty me j were separated from their wives and held ai hostages without explanation It is supposed that this is in retaliation for England detaining German reservists
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 696, 19 August 1914, Page 6
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162GERMAN SQUADRON CORNERED King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 696, 19 August 1914, Page 6
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