LANDING OF TROOPS CONFIRMED.
HOW THE MANITOU'S MEN WER LOST. TURKISH TORPEDOEK UNDER RUSSIAN FLAG.
Received April 24, 12.10 a.m. Sofia, April 23. Fugitives confirm the landing of the British at Enos. They report that the Turksih commandant ordered the evacuation of Port Athens. A Greek sailor from the Manitou utateg that the tarpedo-boat was flying the Russian flag and signalled the Manitou to stop, and she obeyed. When 150 yards away the torpedo j boat hoisted the Turkish flag and discharged a torpedo. Fearing she was doomed, the Manitou lowered all the boats, which were filled with men when the relief cruiser arrived. Twenty-four men of the field artillery were drowned on the Manitou, and twenty-four are missing; also two South Wales Borderers.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 270, 24 April 1915, Page 5
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124LANDING OF TROOPS CONFIRMED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 270, 24 April 1915, Page 5
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