Cannon stolen
Three bronze cannon, weighing nine tons and with a total value of £15,000 sterling, were stolen during last night from a shooting school near London. Two of the cannon, described as the finest in Britain, were recovered only four years ago from the wreck of a British warship which foundered in 1707 near the Isles of Scilly. The third, probably Spanish, was brought back in 1800 from the Peninsular War. The scrap value of the guns is estimated at £4ooo.—London, Dec. 12.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32788, 13 December 1971, Page 23
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84Cannon stolen Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32788, 13 December 1971, Page 23
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