TACTICAL TRIUMPH
BRITISH SHIPS HANDLED WITH GREAT SKILL AGAINST MORE POWERFUL ENEMY. EFFECTIVE USE OF SMOKE SCREENS. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK. December 14. The Associated Press of Ameri ca’s Montevideo correspondent says eye-witnesses of part of the battle declare that the British magnificently used smoke screens to avoid exposure to the Graf Spee’s heavier guns. It is reported that one of the Graf Spee’s shells struck the Exeter's turret early in the battle. The British, manoeuvring at high speed, behind dense smoke screens, threw the Germans off their target, working close enough to enable their smaller guns to range the Graf Spee, whose battered condition attests to British accuracy. The British naval attache, announced that the Barham had not participated in the engagement, also that the British casualties might equal those of the German warship. Despite the reported damage to the Exeter, the United Press Association’s Montevideo correspondent reports that the Ajax and Exeter put out to sea early today.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1939, Page 7
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163TACTICAL TRIUMPH Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1939, Page 7
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