FRENCH OFFICER'S PLUCK.
In tlie course of the fighting m the Dardanelles ou March 19,> the French flagship, the Suffreh, , was . ■ made a special target for. the Turkish fire,, 250 shells falling -around- her, while ten hit her. One 6-inoh shell set fire to .' some ammunition. The journal relates how a {letty oflicer, who was hi tne magazine, .i'oke the scuttles of the casemate, opened the water valves, and flooded the magazine. This done, he went to'-'re-port /the affair to his superior oflicer m considerable trepidation, t , for he- had acted without orders. He was, however, warmly ■■ congratulated, - and mentioned m dispatches for his action.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13697, 29 May 1915, Page 5
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105FRENCH OFFICER'S PLUCK. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13697, 29 May 1915, Page 5
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