ALLIED WARSHIPS FIRED ON.
REPORTED BRITISH LANDING
("The Times.")
(Received Oct. 15, 10.30 p.m.) London, Oct. 14. "The Times' " Reval correspondent cabled on the 14th that whilst Bernondt sent a message to the Allies asking them to negotiate between him and the Letts, his German anllery officers fired on Allied warships. Commander Tudor 'immediately wirelessed : "The enemy have opened a well/directed fire. Stop it or I will locate and destroy your batteries." The warships returned the fire. According to an unconfirmed report, the Allies landed and occupied part of Riga.
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Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15203, 16 October 1919, Page 5
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90ALLIED WARSHIPS FIRED ON. Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15203, 16 October 1919, Page 5
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