An Interesting Demand for Them in Europe.
DECiDEB*!ir the time has co2a#ttvftfen!> tb'&* torpedo ttea** musfc do sc#te4>hin£, , no* matter what, fco justify the^Mfcxisfeenee. For any powers they have of'Mats.^liWt* themselv«s*to. be possessed of &%n&wkh th©^ gallani Burgab'oo, and "a roysAokrte ; off bricks " would be a fit recogniuSoi*>'oi?,bheir imagine^ .aierilta Ad Toulon recently the-, torpedo boats Jailed so badly that even their' great patron, Admiral L'Aube, thrWt-h'emi over; at the recent maneuvers, they" dis) ' abled themselves one after another, KKe><' crazy wasps, and yesterday's aitadk u©oii • he fleet irvjilie; Solent seems to < h&ve-beem the worst? ' fiaHn* of all. Captaim Long, wo are told, "handled his fluli'l)n<>f.<twenty.. boats in & most masterly and scienfcifi manner," ho the fault must be in th& boats.themselves. u "Y©fc," says another "corres pondent, "itscemod to all who ) watched' the fight cttbseiy that Aery few torpedo boats could' harp© passed the outrjosts-so-skilfully jxsfcbtfc&y Lieutenant Sfe.ae;.and. if any had got- through they would^.' inevi-. tably have been sunk by fire" from »lh*e<irqn.« clads." u Ahd bosides those in the'aebjon a few ran aowurnd for variety's n sak«, although," ,vijs & .saicastic witness out suflering any material injury beyond theoretical destruction." As we sadbefore, a toi'jjedo-boot must blow up^omift* thing just fo show that she can do it -with, all the chances in her favour.-—" rattf'Mall: gazette."
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 226, 29 October 1887, Page 8
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217An Interesting Demand for Them in Europe. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 226, 29 October 1887, Page 8
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