SHELLED BY MISTAKE.
.-,:,;> -.;..•;■■'./,■' ;>;,;;; y : ;, : ---.•;■.;,-;;/.'• ■'•.• French xr Uiser : holes : a.sister' . "/■-'.':■■ SHIP.;- J:v: >;:■■. i (By : Tciograi>ti.-PreßS :' Asßoclatlon.-OopjrlBUl.) . ,%;;''''".■■■'■•';' ;':.■,•■ -' ;Parls,/September, 1. ' .. While ■the Frenoh Northern ■Squadron;was practising, off: Qiiiberon; on tho ; west coast of;iFranc6i..tho : armoured ; ,'cruisor..Qloiro •(whic^■;calTies' ; .v7iiS•rhol^':W;"6;4^noll^^ through fifed' sik shells at tho armoured cruiser Marseillaise'. ,■■'.; ;; Ono' of the' Sholls. riicrced. tho hull of; the Marseillaise, and exploded, Tout, the damage .caused wasslights';- : ".:'-■-,■ ■'. "■•', .',;■'.;. V v.[The-Marseillaise, .which is 6f..the.same : type 'as the Gloire, has a cuirass of.; Harvoyed stcol .arranged; in, 'two strnkes/." The ■stroke- on: the. water-line (generally .known'as the belt) is (Sin;: 'thiok'aittidships, and tapers.toliti. at'.bow,and ii stern'.';- 1 Above this : is ■ another, armoured strake :sin. ! amidships'and tapering':to 2in'.,"st tho'eUds." • A'largo-partrbf the'.side> of' tho Marseillaiseis;; howevor, unarmpurcd. ,ItMs> not blear' what shell ■ .was: fired,- nor what thickness; of-.' ariiiour :it pierced—if; indeed; it struck; armour at all.]
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 603, 3 September 1909, Page 5
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135SHELLED BY MISTAKE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 603, 3 September 1909, Page 5
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