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LED THE BOARDING PARTY “COME ON, FOLLOW ME” THE GERMAN CASUALTIES (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlg-ht) (Received Feb. 19, 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 18 One hundred and fifty prisoners from the Altmarck have left the hospital at Leith, and most of them entrained for their homes on the Tyneside and in Yorkshire and London. It is revealed that a “tall young officer with a ready smile” led the boarding party on the Altmarck. He leapt from the Cossack waving a revolver and shouting, “Come on, follow me.” The sailors clambered aboard, whereupon 30 members of the crew of the Admiral Graf Spee who had been guarding the prisoners jumped overboard, scrambled on the high rocks, and began shooting blindly in the direction of the British boarding party, hitting one in the shoulder. It was then that the British fired in retaliation, killing and wounding several. It is reported from Berlin that the Altmarck casualties are seven dead, one missing believed drowned, and five seriously hurt.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21042, 19 February 1940, Page 7
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