VON SPEE'S DEFEAT.
A TIMELY ONE JOHANNESBURG, April 12. (Received April 13, at 8.5 p.m.) Sir Lionel Phillips (the South African magnate), in the course of a war address, said that Admiral von Spee's defeat was fortunate, as he intended to bombard Capetown. [Sir Lionel Phillips's reference is to the naval fight off the Falkland! Islands, when, by a ruse on the part of Admiral Stnrdee, a, wireless message intercepted by Admiral von Spee led the latter to believe that he had a section of the British squadron at his 'mercy. Instead ho encountered Admiral Sturdee'a full strength. The Schardhorst, Gneisenau, and Leipzig were sunk offhand, and the Dresden and Nurnberg, which fled, were afterwards added to the list.]
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16669, 14 April 1916, Page 5
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119VON SPEE'S DEFEAT. Otago Daily Times, Issue 16669, 14 April 1916, Page 5
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