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CAPTAIN YON MULLERS STORY. AMSTERDAM, November 27. Captain yon Muller, of the Etuden, cabled to Berlin: "Our marksmanship at first was good, but soon the Sydney's heavy guns gained the upper hand, inflicting heavy losses. Wo wore short of ammunition and obliged to cease firing. Though our fiteoring gear was damaged, wo tried to get. within torpedo range, biifc failed to do so. Our funnels were destroyed, greatly influencing our speed. Wo therefore went at full speed on to a reef. Six officers, four warrant officers, and 93 men wcro killed, and one non-commissioned officer and seven men seriously wounded." COLLIER STRIKES A MINE. LONDON, November 27. The collier Khartoum struck a mine off Grimsby. Tho crew were saved. [Tho Khartoum was a steel screw steamer of 3020 tons, built in 1909. Her owners were the Gordon Steam Shipping Company, Ltd., of London.]
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15138, 30 November 1914, Page 7
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