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How the Battle Was Won ACHILLES’ COMMANDER TELLS STORY United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Friday, 12.10 a.m. BUENOS AIRES, Jail. 3 While the crews were enjoying their liberty here and at Monte Video, Captain Parry, commander of the Achilles, told the Now York Times’ correspondent that the battle was won against an enemy superior in every way except speed only because of the brilliant plans made the day previously by Admiral Harwood. He said the Graf Spee fled after the first 16 minutes’ fighting. The battle thereafter was a running one. Captain Parry was wounded by shell splinters in the legs. His ship was only slightly hit. He praised the Achilles’ look-outs, who were rewarded with a sovereign apiece for the first to sight the enemy. He added that the battle was mostly fought 200 miles off shore. The celebrations for the Achille3 and Ajax here and at Monte Video were gay, the American Press Association correspondent reporting that the men of the Achilles met members of the crew of the Graf Spee at a night club, where they exchanged toasts and assured one another that there was no personal enmity between them.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 4, 5 January 1940, Page 7
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