VESSEL ATTACKED IN HEAVE SEA.
DESPICABLE BEHAVIOR OF GERMAN OFFICEItS.
PANIC RUSH .FOB- THE BOATS.
i Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Heceivod April 23, 9.10 p.m.) : LONDON, April 22. The La France was attacked afc eight o'clock in the evening in a. heavy sea. The week previously sh» saw the Salta .sink, nine minutes a,fter striking a mine in the Channel. She carried no nurses, owing to the submarine danger. During the passage to England the risks of torpedoing, were discussed. Geiuian officers who; were aboard-.-indignantly denied that hospital ships bearing, distinguishingmarks had been torpedoed. The, Daily Chronicle's correspondent • interviewed members of the crew; All agreed that sonic of iho 'German |>,officers behaved despicably and led a. panic rush for the boats.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 95, 24 April 1917, Page 4
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122VESSEL ATTACKED IN HEAVE SEA. Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 95, 24 April 1917, Page 4
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