CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
GENERAL STOESSEL'S SENTENCE. A CUARUK OF COWARDICE. Received 21st, 11.17 p.m. St. Petersburg, February 21. The Russian Court martial condemned General Stoessel to death, hut without the loss of his rights or honor, owing to the heroic defence made by the l"ort Arthur garrison and General Stoessel'a personal bravery. Thc Court will ask the Czir to commute the sentence to 10 years' imprisonment in a fortress. The court reprimanded General Fock and acquitted Generals Eeuss and Siminoff.
Received 211st, 9.17 p.m. London, February 21. The London Times says that the condemnation is deserved, as General Shiessel conspicuously failed in his duty and lacked the requisite indomitable moral courage.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19080222.2.21.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 54, 22 February 1908, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
111CONDEMNED TO DEATH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 54, 22 February 1908, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in