German fleet scuttling witnessed near captured trawler
London reports marine artist Francis Gribble aboard the captured trawler Bocosin observed German ships including Friedrich der Grosse and Frankfurt sink or abandon ship after scuttling actions. German crews attempted boarding, revolvers kept them off, and Grand Fleet destroyers arrived two hours later.
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Teeth
Friedrich’ der Grosse
Frankfurt
Leeth
Jove
Freidrich der Grosse
Socosin
Grand Fleet
Eimden
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France Seeks Compensation After Sinking German Warships
Paris June 26 Petit Journal commentary on the sinking of German warships. France claims a portion of compensation from enemy submarines and additionally from a number of German merchant ships.
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Petit
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France
German Press Opinions on Sinkings Stir Left and Right
From Copenhagen on June 26 the German press shows division with the Left condemning sinkings while the Right praises them. Lokal Anzeiger hails brave men preferring death to dishonor.
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Copenhagen
Lokal Anseiger
German Warships at Kiel Afloat, Admiralty Report
The Admiralty reports on June 27 that German warships at Kiel are afloat. The update notes ships remain in port while observers track developments in the Baltic fleet.
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London
Admiralty
Niel
Von Reuter on His Honour in British Armistice Terms
In the House of Commons Mr Lambert says Admiral von Reuter faced no censure for circulating orders to scuttle ships as he visited the dock for discipline. British guards aboard German vessels would breach armistice terms. Britain continues to obey armistice terms and laws of war.
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Lambert
von Reuter
Britain
Ward warns Allies on peace treaty pledges after Scapa Flow
Sir Joseph Ward, interviewed before boarding the Mauretania, says the scuttling at Scapa Flow and the burning of French fines should remind the Allies to strictly observe every commitment made in the Peace Treaty.
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London
Mauretania
Joseph Ward
Scapa Flow
Hungarian Crisis Suppressed After Danube Fight
Paris reports that the counter-revolutionary movement in Hungary was crushed following a monitor clash on the Danube. The confrontation ended the uprising with decisive action by military forces.
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Paris
Hungary
Danube
Bela Kun flees Budapest after night of street fighting
Vienna dispatch reports M. Bela Kun fled Budapest after a desperate clash between Government forces and counter-revolutionaries. Hungarian monitors bombarded the Government headquarters and ongoing street fighting left five hundred dead and wounded. Martial law is proclaimed.
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London
Daily Express
Vienna
M. Bela Kun
Budapest
Poles Brace for War as German Munitions Rise
A Polish official communique from London reports German factories in Upper Silesia endlessly produce munitions. German troops are ready to seize Dabrowa Coaticlda as Poles mobilize with civilians aiding trench digging.
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London
Upper Silesia
Dabrowa Coaticlda
Germans Open Offensive in Poland Amid Silesia Arrests
German forces reportedly begun an offensive in Poland with the town of Weirszow bombarded and incendiaries setting it ablaze. Authorities said several thousand residents of Upper Silesia were arrested. Continued on Page 7.
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Poland
Weirszow
Fie
Upper Silesia
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