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Leave
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Steamers
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Hongkong Noon
Connecting Mail Steamer from Colombo.
Das. Marseilles 1917,
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Hongkong at the time ut Booking.
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INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS
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IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS,
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UNDYING STORY OF
THE
BRITISH DRIFTERS:
HOW THEY FOUGHT 3 ́AUSTRIAN CRUISERS.
CREWS THREE CHEERS WHEN ATTACKED..
CHINA MAIL.
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Mr. Percival Gibbon reported under date August 8th
MC VISITORS AT THE HOTELL..
HONGKONG HOTEL. Me ID. Ahearn Me and Mr BAC Mr. S. Aitken Kingpera a k Mr G. E. Anderson Mr S.. Kirkness
and frs J. W, Mr and Mrs C Miss A. C AndersonMe D. Lanny
Appleton
Baxter and child Mr. D. J. Bell Mrs E R. Balilios Mr RJ Birbeck
Mr J. D. Birrell
Lauritsen
Mr G. Ludin
"There is in the whole Italian war and Mr W. H. Babbitt Me "O. Guidon- all its details an individuality which is Mr. Baring Mr and Mrs R. W.
MeH: Mamy Bain Lavalloo the inprins of the work conius. They father Mr and Mrs J. J. A line of British drifters, employed in
Mr Barripe
Lawton watching anti submarine Dots in the cannot huilla trene noe sapta Mr and Mrs E. A Leiria, Straits of Otranto (between Italy and trench like anybody else, and now
Mr C. Little Albania) were attacked by three Austrian that actual fighting for the moment
Mr S. Longfield Mr Leo, Longinotto cruisers at dawn on May 10, as has he takes to the wing, they haugh
Capt. B.F. Longland, already been briefly reported in the oficial communiqué of May 19 last. galst the Austrian nar
naval port, Farther partieniars of the action, in a rush flights of giant Caproni far as they bear on the behaviour of the planes, each with a row of four or five British drifters, are now available
The drifters were disposed in eight divisions of shout six boats in each aleng line running roughly, east and weat. in. They carried a crew of ten men each, and
one small gun.
MARSEILLES AND LONDON, Calling at SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM, PESANG, COLOMBO, AND PORT SAID, DARRYING 197 0 24 SALOON PASSENGERS AT REDUCED RATES.
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Mr S. T. Bitting
Major D. Macdonald Mr H. Markey
Pola, seror and Ms 0. L.Dr and I 0.
Mrs H. Bleecker
Bees
Marriott Capt Bottema Mr H. Malin mad as if to place upon the enter Mr and Mrs AL. Mr H. W. Mages
rise the final coche of Italian perfection, Ecaet
M-D. C. McDonald Capt. & Mrs. Branch Mr MeNell with oach raid the travels in the load-e W.-G. Browell Mr H. van Meines in machize the single man whose words Mr Ms T. Bryan Mr Mereck
Me'k Mrs Carpigail Me E. Malderku and gestures are followed breathlessly Me W. L Chapman Me T. H. Mullins throughout the
country, Gabriele Mr. Cibe
Mr J. 8. Nicolson d'Annunzio, the acclaimed poet of Italy.e J. 1. Van Clove Me
Miss M. Carte MIJLOLAY The Austriatin lately have been sprinkling Colebort with boribs way inland villages for trout Me Goo, E. Costello Mr and Mrs M. 8. Me and Mrs P/ W. Mr. D. M. Cooley Parker
Mr M. Courtney
Mr
Pleen
The Austrian cruisers separted on a proaching the line, one attacking the centre and the giber two the divisions on each wing. In one case the enemy appears to have acted with chivalry towards the little craft, signalling by military objectives. The Italian rider Courtney. Mr and Mrs W. R blasts on the syren and dropping her upon Pol during the rights of August Mr W. P Cramond Bathvon dag. that the crews were to abandon fad and Bed are not merely reprisals for their vessels.
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This craiser approached to within 100 but a crashing and upon yards of the Gowan L, and bailed herdest of submarines, airships, aeroplanen to take to the boats. Skipper J. Wart and was res with which Austria sears RN.R. (trawler section), having slipped entry to the Gulf of Trieste. The his nets, replied by ringing down for full results, which have yet to be confirmed apeed ahead, sad calling on his crew for and tabulated, are assuredly great. Pola three cheers, bade them fight to a finish"];
u a naval hase is alrende extensively damaged.
Paw
Mr W. B. Davenport Mr A BABY Misa Mr CW Falk
Miss F. Reny Dors AEarle Mr E. H. Ray
Capt. F. il. Roed
Mr C. B. Fallett Mr. G. B. La
Fountaine
Mr R H Roxburgh Mr P.-N. Rows Mr and Mrs F. da
Sülys
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Mrs Slade Mr W, K. Smith Mr E. S. Staith Mr A. W P. Spiers Mr A. Spitzel Mr A, W. van der
Star
Mr J. F. Gale Mrs Cornelisaen Mr M. Gaujoin Mr.Y. Goulbourn Mr & Mrs J. Gould
Grik and 3 children Capt. T. P. Hall MrJ-8. Hamilton
Me G Harper Mr and Mrs W. & Mr CP Templeton
Hannibal
Mr F. G. Thompson Mr R. J. Tobin Mr D. S. Howits Mr and Mrs G. H. Mr and Mrs. PaulCapt F. J. Vige Mrs A. E. Hodgins Versor
Hodgson
BRAVE WOUNDED SKIPPER. Amid cheers they manned, the gun.
The Sest muid was carried out by and continued to fire with good effect, the gun. They stack to it, however, ing machines, which escorted the great antil a shos from the cruiser disabled thirtysis machines, incliding fist fight.
under heavy fre, endeavouring to repair Caproni bomb droppers. Motor bouts the damage, until the cruiser had passed were out to guide them to the Austrian out of range.
cost and before midnight the squadron The Gowan Les then proceeded to the LOFTONsistance of a badly-damaged consorter Pola neuvring amide the Floandi, which had four men killed hurricane of panic-stricken gunnery from and three wounded out of her comple-the- city's defences, and the hig Bombs, Mr M. R. de JoumeMr G. G. Wood
31: E.M. Joseph MrLouis Wainischenk ment of ten, but whose skipper, though ranging from 2011 to 2006, were raining Dr F. T. Keyt Mr G. Zantz, wounded in three places, remained at his
down on the dockyard, arsenal, and post throughout the action.
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In the meanwhile the remaining red whips. Three waves of aero cruisers had opened a devastating fire on planes went over, and the first two saw Yet, despite the overwhelming the ventra and other
wing
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Hon. C. Mel Messer Mr and Mrs. G. F.
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gallantry was shown from one end of there would have been more but that the to their bants, a spirit of indomitable a half tons of bombs were dropped, and Mr and Mrs A. E. Tatyre and child the line to the other throughout the third wave of attackers, failing to Mr & MrF.W.Cary de Mathas
Carleton Capt. & Mrs Vieris action.
perely military targets in the fog, and Mr A. David. festing to wake victims in the civilian Mr H. Davy doned their vessel after the boiler had part of the city, returned without droo Mr and Mrs Dubois
The crew of the Admirable only shan-- exploded and the wheel house had been ping any bombs at all. That, too is Mr S. H. Fis second band, acrambled back on board the enemy"-his notorious moanpoly of shot away. Even then, Gordon, the characteristically ation. They allow Hr F. W. EVAIS the gun single-handed, but he was killed with the apparent intention of fighting profitless murder. The machines: return
Mr S. Evins The Girl Bose, Coral Haven, and Selby to their starting point without a thar Mr Dearita Fuller
Mr O.. Foerster,
until they foundered under them. were not abandoned by their crews for'u plane missing.
The next night they returned to the Mrs R. Gaudint The crew of the sinsing Taits, having attack. This time a light for Lavoured Mr and Mrs B
to the boat and muntered their numbers, discovered that one was unse the aviators, and eight tous of explosive counted for, and returned to their vessel were dropped. The results are described. through heavy fire to search for their as entirely satisfactory, I must await: missing shipmate. Second hand Joseph precise details, but I hear that these will Hendry, of the Serena, remained on board
taken
until the ship sank, rather than be taken be startling. prisoner, and was picked up out of the water an hor later by the British Crowe. The crows of the Garrigill, Bon Espoir Xmas Daisy, and British, Crown refused to leave their vessels, even when out-- ranged and under broadside fire from the enemy, and brought them through the action.
MAJ.
AKLIC OF A GASLART The enemy displayed particular anxiety to destroy the wireless telegraphy drifter in each group, and the behaviour of the wireless operators of Capells (W. Wadsworth) and Garrigill (James Yarwood) in reninining at their posts throughout the Betion is thus. rendered the more conspicuous. The wireless operater of the Floandi, Douglas M. Harris, was found dead in his chair at the conclusion of the action, collapsed over the wireless log in which he was writing at the moment of his death. The log of the Floendi, bearing the pencil mark inade by Harris when he was hit at his post, has been placed in the National War Museum ss an exhibit.
Details of the pursuit and chastise ment of the Austrian cruisers by British naval forces have already been given in the communique referred ta
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