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Aboard the Moewe: escape from the Georgic and German captivity
The narrator recalls the 1916 attack on the Georgic by the German raider Moewe. After portside chaos and deck fighting, he and others are captured and moved to lifeboats, then confined aboard the Moewe and later shipped toward Germany aboard the Yarrowdale with hardtack, poor clothing, and brutal conditions. The account notes German officers threats, forced stoking, and life in the cramped holds amid battle smoke and cold.
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Chips
Moewe
Ashe
Georgic
Georgie
England
Germany
Fritz
Voltaire
Mount Temple
Cambrian Range
King George
Santy
Davy
Moene
St. Theodore
Yarrowdale
Brest
Liverpool
Palm Beach
Dixmude