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GERMAN APPEAL SA!D TO BE REJECTED LONDON. Dec 14 Uruguay apparently has rejected the German appeal to allow the Graf Spee to remain for thirty days. It is stated that London will not be surprised if the Graf Spec choses internment, although dramatic developments are expected. Reuter learns that the reinforcment of the cruisers make the movement of the Graf Spee impossible. According to a Berlin message Uruquay has informed Germany that the Graf Spee will not be permitted to remain over 24 hours. The Pans radio states that the Montevideo dockyard engineers refused the German Embassy's request to repair the Graf Spee. MAGNIFICENT STORY ATTACK BY LIGHT CRUISERS LONDON. Dec. 14 In the House of Lords. Lord Strabolgi said the public should be told the full magnificent story about the attack on the Graf Spee. It was a bailastic miracle for a ship of the Graf Spee’s armament to be attacked successfully by light cruisers. The encounter would make history as an epic, and the world should know the technical facts. HOUSE OF COMMONS THE CHRISTMAS RECESS LONDON. Dec. 14 The House of Commons has adjourned until January 16. THRILLING SEA BATTLE STORY BY EYE-WITNESSES The German battleship Graf Spee, technically has until midnight on December 14, Uruguayan time, to sail or seek an extension of time. The United Press’ Montevideo correspondent states that 62 prisoners have been released from the Graf Spee. MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 14 The French liner Formosa has ar-
rived. The passengers, shocked and many of them incoherent, described how throughout the day. wearing life belts, they watched the battle. The Formosa made full-speed towards the Uruguayan coast when they sighted the Graf Spee, which was rapidly gaining when the Ajax appeared. Radioing the Achilles and the Exeter for support, tho Formosa manoeuvred behind the Ajax smoke screen. The Achilles, opening fire, sped by towards the Graf Spee. Then the Exeter appeared. The Graf Spee fled with the British ships following. Later the Graf Spee, the Achilles and the Ajax were again sighted in a running fight.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20988, 15 December 1939, Page 6
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