AFRICA.
GERMANS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. Johannesburg, June 12. Forty 'Germans interned at Lorenzo Marques secured revolvers and overpowered the guard. Some fled to the bush and others seized a brig, but the shore battery prevented them putting to sea. These also fled to the bush. Portuguese cavalry captured the fugitives after two had been and eight wounded.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1917, Page 5
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57AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1917, Page 5
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