IMPRISONED AIRMEN
THE SCHOLTZ AND WOOKEY CASE.
(ADSIRAHAH-NBW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
LONDON, 15th February. The British, threat of reprisal in the case of Soholtz and Wookey was delivered on 12th February. Germany has not replied. The British reprisals will commence on. 12th March.
[Scholtz and Wookey, weTe two British airmen who,w.ere flying over the German lines,, distributing pamphlets, when they were forced to descend, and were captured. The German authorities refused to accord . them the. courtesies of war, and instead sentenced them to penal servitude.] •
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 42, 18 February 1918, Page 7
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85IMPRISONED AIRMEN Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 42, 18 February 1918, Page 7
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