SEIZED BY BRITAIN
VALUABLE GERMAN WAR
CARGO
RUGBY, May 29,
The German merchantman Lech, which has been intercepted by one of his Majesty's ships while attempt ing to run the British blockade, sailed from a South American port carrying a mixed cargo, which included the following items:—63 tons of nickel, 1048 tons of dry salted hides, 1260 tons of castor oil in drums, 1500 tons of cot•ton seed cake. 5891 kilos of mica, 25 tons of rock crystal, 960 kilos of coffee. With the exception of the last-named item all these consignments would have been of considerable importance to the German war industry.— B.O.VV .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 127, 31 May 1941, Page 9
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104SEIZED BY BRITAIN Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 127, 31 May 1941, Page 9
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