PRIZE COURT CLAIMS
BY BRITISH COMMANDERS. ai»d N.Z Cable A««ooiaitio>n, LONDON, April 23. '■At-the. Prize Cbiwt, Conxmaoidera , Fitema^rwe and Mmi.wett claimied -*X6CXK> head money for the capture sti Essinffl Taoy where after bombardmenb tluey fpniad 1 seven German war*&i)itps stunk.. Comraaiiwfei's Ftozroauiriee's and Maxwell's vessels, .the Triumph and t(he Usk, were the only British, repleefentati'res the Japanese fleet. It vrm impossiU.© to say "whether, the chips were simile by our own fire or icutitletd. Commander Fitzmauutco g^ve eyidtence but was unable to <rive paatic■uHars, a® his paipers had been lost When ilhe TrmmpSb foundered kv 1.9i10, Judginefnit. was reserved.
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Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18325, 26 April 1917, Page 8
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99PRIZE COURT CLAIMS Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18325, 26 April 1917, Page 8
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