CAPITAL OF LIBERIA
BOMBARDED BY GERMAN
SUBMARINE.
(RBUTBR'S TILEORAM.) (Received April 15, 10 a.m.)
LONDON, 14th April.
A German submarine appeared off the Liberian coast on the 9th and seized a small armed vessel, which she torpedoed after making the crew prisoners. The commander threatened to bombard Monrovia unless the authorities dismantled the wireless and closed the French cables. This was done, but later the commander insisted on the destruction of the wireless plant and the cable. The Government refused, and the commander thereupon bombarded Monrovia for an hour, destroyed the cable and wireless stations, and caused casualties. A passing steamer interrupted the submarine, and a fight between the two vessels ensued, but the result is not stated.
(ADSTRALIAN-NEW ZBALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received April 15, 8.10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 13th April. Official advices to the State Department say that a U-boat shelled Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, and that the wireless and cable stations were hit. . [Liberia is a negro republic on the Popper Coast (Guinea) of West Africa. The capital, Monrovia, has a population of 5000.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 89, 15 April 1918, Page 7
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