GOEBEN'S ESCAPE
ADMIRAL MILNER'S STORY
EFFECT OF ITALIAN NEUTRAL-
(UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION. —COl'iniGHT.)'
(AUSThALIAN - NEW ZCA!,.\KO CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 16th Jamiin-y.
Admiral Miiiie lias begun the publication in the Sunday Express of a narrative of the German, warship Goebeu's escape at the beginning of August, 1914. He states that Italy's neutrality prevented the British ships at the out6et ( entering the Straits of Messina, but a watch was set to northwards of the mouth. Instructions to trayerse ths strait in pursuit of the Goeben arrived too late. Admiral Milne was then running south along the west coast of Sicily. The narrative describes the thrilling exchange of fire with the Goeben and Breslau by Captain Howard Kelly, on board the_ Gloucester,, until he was recalled owing to shortage of coal and to avoid capture.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 7
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132GOEBEN'S ESCAPE Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 7
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