WANTED TO SURRENDER
A letter received at Cleveland. Ohio, from Monte Video relates a remarkable incident in connection with the battle of the Falkland Islands. It is stated that when completely disabled by the British fire the German cruiser Leipzig was prepared to surrender. Th e vessel was badly on fire, and it was considered useless to attempt to continue the action, but she was unable to signal her surrender because it was found impossible to haul down her ensign, th e halliard having been severed by a shot from the British cruisers. The crew massed on the afterdeck while the guns of the Glasgow simply mowed them down, the British, of course, having no reason to suppose that the Leipzig was willing to abandon the fight. One member of her crew volunteered to climb the mast with a view to pulling down the ensign, but h 8 was burned to death in the attempt.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 212, 22 May 1915, Page 2
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155WANTED TO SURRENDER Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 212, 22 May 1915, Page 2
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