"BRITISH SPIES."
« TRIAL AT LEIPZIG. PRISONERS ADMIT CONNECTION WITH ADMIRALTY. SUGGESTION BY PROSECUTION. Bt Telegraph—Press Association—Copyristot. Berlin, December SI. ; Tho trial is proceeding at Leipzig of Brandon and Trench, two Englishmen ; who were arrested at Borkum, Hanover, in August, last, on charges of espionage. The accused admitted visiting tlio German naval stations and collecting information for a person connected with tho , Intelligence Bureau of tho British Ad- ■ miralty. Tho Court was crowded during tho 1 hearing of tho charges. Trench refused to give the name of a person at the Admiralty whom ho called "Reggie." Ho admitted that he toured tho Elbe district, and observed tho bat- ' tcries of FriodTichsort and Neustein. 9 Brandon visited Heligoland on behalf of . a naval guide-book, privately printed for - English officers. t Tho prosecution suggested that the two J accused made observations to facilitato e the landing of troops, s ——— _
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1007, 23 December 1910, Page 5
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