A MISCONCEPTION
"NO BRITISH SHIPS " GERMANS RECEIVE SHOCK (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON. May 11 An interesting indication of the way in which even the personnel' of the German Navy is misled is furnished by the report of the chief officer of the San Casimiro, which was captured by the cruiser Gneisenau. A party of 30 boarded her armed v/ith revolvers, hand grenades and ma-chine-guns, Apart from being very nervous and keeping a heavily armed guard over the unarmed British crew, the Germans were quite friendly They allowed the crew food from their own store cupboards, the contents of which surprised them The German sailors appeared to be convinced that England was already starving. Lieutenant Otto Grenz. who was in charge of the prize crew, spoke English very well The chief officer suggested to him that he would be lucky to take his prize through the British naval patrols. The German replied: "There are no British ships on the sea. so who is going to rescue you? " It was quite evident that the German officer really believed this, and it must have been a considerable shock tOjhim a few days later when the San CSsimiro was intercepted bv a British warship. «nd he. with the entire prize crew, was taken prisoner.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24604, 12 May 1941, Page 5
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210A MISCONCEPTION Otago Daily Times, Issue 24604, 12 May 1941, Page 5
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