THIRTY YEARS AGO
EXTRACTS FROM “STANDARD.** FEBRUARY 23. 1915.
Latest reports showed that four more vessels had fallen victims to the German blockade. The British steamer Oakley had beer, sunk in the Channel hut the crew had been saved. Off Beaehv Head the Government collier Branksomeehine had been torpedoed while another collier, the Royparana. had been sunk off Eastbourne. In the first instance tho whole crew had been saved while only 31 men were rescued in the second. The American steamer Carib, which was carrying cotton, had been mined and sunk off the German coast.
President Wilson had stated that in regard to the, sinking of the Evelyn he had been unofficially informed that the captain had not allowed a safe course. Cabinet was awaiting details. The Russian staff had admitted that almost the entire Tenth Army Corps had been lost in the repent retreat from East Prussia. Only disorganised remnants had escaped. A British aviator near Thourout had risen above three German planes, shot down two and damaged the third. Seven Germans had been killed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 73, 23 February 1945, Page 2
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