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HOW LAYTON LEFT DENMARK. i" (Times anil Sydney Sun Services.) '"'.." November .23. Details, of the escape, from Denmark of Commander- Dayton, who was taken from the British submarine which recently ran ashore on the Danish coast, show that, though closely guarded by sentries stationed at -his door, he slipped out in the night to another room and donned a civilian suit. He descended 'by a rope to the street, where he met (two sentries, but by a ruse he succeeded in passing them. The night was -bitterly cold, and he was suffering from influenza. Commander Layton swam across the. (nnal and gained the mainland. He reached a ferry boat, on which he took the job of porter. He carried some luggage to the railway Btation and boarded; a train.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 280, 24 November 1915, Page 5
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