* We learnt subsequently that the ironclad had been attended by the cruiser and torpedo-boats which we had seen on the previous day. Her auxiliaries had remained in port to coal, with orders to follow at speed in a few hours. Happily on leaving port they had been picked up by H.M. ships * Blenheim,’ and ‘ Cossack,’ which, after a running fight of an hour and a half had sunk the torpedo-boats and captured the cruiser.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 889, 15 March 1889, Page 10
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