DODGING SLAYE RAIDERS.
SEIZE GERMAN TUG, AXJ> ESCAPEAMSTERDAM. December I<\ Belgian youths who reached Maastricht from Liege yoswn.ay. mam, their escape from German tyranny in a manner worthy of G. A. Henty lomanco. On Monday night soiik? of them succeeded; in get tine on board a GWrman tu" guarded by four German sailors Tbev mastered " and gagged *ke four sailers before the- latter could shout .or kcl]>. and. then stripped thera of their uniforms, which wero promptly donned Lv tour Belgians. The next step was to put .fhe Germans below, gagged and bound, whilo the. rest of the Belgians came aboard and hid themselves below deck. The tin;, then proceeded along the canal towards ike Dutch frontier, with the Gorman war fiat? flying. On reaching the frontier, whore wiro is stretched nc ros< the cannl. they pnt on fall si earn, broke through the wire. ans readied Dutch ?.nil. The " Telegraaf !! cprresponrdenf. wh<* tells the story says that an awkward onestion has arisen as to what the Dutch Govern mom- shall do with th« German sailors and vug.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11926, 8 February 1917, Page 4
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