NORTH SEA BATTLE
UNIDENTIFIED WARSHIPS RESCUE OF STEAMER (Reed. Oct. 23, 11 a.m.) COPENHAGEN. Oct. 22. Farmers and fishermen in North lutland report a naval battle between unidentified warships oil the coast. Farmers watching from tloe hillsides at Hirtshals, North Jutland, say hat they saw a naval vessel, either o submarine or a torpedo boat, intericpt a steamer. Two large vessels appeared and fired on the smaller vessel for 15 minutes, tloe steamer escaping, followed by the interception vessels. The warships later disap peared northwards.
Fishermen corroborate the .story
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20075, 23 October 1939, Page 7
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89NORTH SEA BATTLE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20075, 23 October 1939, Page 7
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