RUMOURS OF BATTLE
IN SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS NO OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION. SINKING OF THE ACHILLES DENIED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. NEW YORK. December 13. The Associated Press of America's Buenos Aires correspondent says the British authorities there are unable to confirm a report that the Achilles has been sunk and hinted that the enemy was responsible for the rumour. A Montevideo message states that British, German and Uruguayan officials state that they have no information of a reported naval batlie. The officers of a Japanese steamer which passed through the area which was reported to be the scene of a battle saw or heard nothing of it. EMBASSY STATEMENT (Received This Day, 12.55 p.m.) BUENOS AIRES, December 13. A Britisti Embassy spokesman said: “It can definitely be stated that there is not any truth in reports of the Achilles having been sunk."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1939, Page 8
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