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PLUCKY BRITISH MOTOR BOATS CAPTURE GERMAN GUNBOAT FIGHT AGAINST FIVE-FOLD ODDS SUPERIOR GUNNERY WINS THE DAY (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright) CAPETOWN, February 17. Received February IS, 9.10 p.m. .Stirring details of two British motorboats gallantly lighting a German gunboat on Lake Tanganyika on Boxing I day. are related by a participator. They sighted a great, blot on the horizon steaming to the coast. (iff wc went though she avus live-fold our combined tonnage. We were so small the enemy did not see ns until wc Avere -1 (Hi yards ml'. Tin y they turned on us, doubtless expecting an easy capture. We steamed straight at her and opened fire at 2500 yards. She replied, her shells falfing all round us, Avithoul hitting. Our second shot destroyed the wireless, and the third .hit tier on the waterline. She turned and. fled. We were faster, and our fifth shot killed the captain and two of the crew. She hoisted the white flag and Avas captured after twenty minutes’ lighting. She is a powerful vessel, protected by large steel shields. She was hit in ten places. We were not hit. though the enemy’s gunners Avert off Lite Konigsberg.
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Southland Times, Issue 17661, 19 February 1916, Page 6
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196NAVAL MATTERS Southland Times, Issue 17661, 19 February 1916, Page 6
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