AFRICAN INCIDENT.
STORY FROM VICHY. Received August 5, 10.25 a.m. VICHY, Aug. 4. A Government communique declared that the British cruiser Bulolo, which had been anchored at Duala, a port in the French Cameroons, since June 24, -was replaced by H-M.S. Dragon on July 21* when armed British patrols landed and marched through the town. “The French Admiral Commanding the Atlantic Forces quickly intervened, whereupon the British returned to their ship. In Madagascar it was necessary to explain the circumstances in which the recent decision extending territorial limits to 20 miles applied. It was specified that the extension did not apply to British or other merchantmen. which could move freely in this zone.” There is a British armed merchantman named the Bulolo.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 211, 5 August 1940, Page 8
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122AFRICAN INCIDENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 211, 5 August 1940, Page 8
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