ATLANTIC RAIDERS.
EXPLOITS "OF THE MOBWE \ THE OTAKI'S GOOD FIGHT. (Reuter's Telegramß.) Received 9 p.m 1 ., April 2nd. • AMSTERDAM, April %.. The coramander of the Moewe, interviewed at Berlin, stated that he converted ohe of the captured vessels into auxiliary cruiser, and renamed her the Geyer. She sank a number of vessels but had to be sunk herself owing to useless engines. He furnished further particulars of the Otaki's resistance, previously cabled. The fight lasted twenty minutes.. The Otaki wiia hit by twenty-five shells. B6th Vessels caught alight. The Moewe developed » troublesome leak, and the fire- was so serious that most of the crew ■ wei'o burned, an under-officer and six men succumbing to their injuries. Many of the Otaki's men were badly wounded before they discontinued .the fight.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16235, 3 April 1917, Page 7
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127ATLANTIC RAIDERS. Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16235, 3 April 1917, Page 7
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