| Show GERMANS MIX I 1 GUNBOAT SENT TO THE IN THE HARBOR OF the tb verinel liel ged to elie and nd il recently six till i a or the hr anterita pocket co the gunboat crete a pierrot which iras in llie elie serif service ice of tile the fir faist barty has been sunk at the entrance of 0 the harbor of Guti aives by the german gunboat panther Ian lher the crew left the vessel before she went down the german gunboat gun boat ianther reached port nil ail prince september 5 it was as announced from cape li altien on september 3 that the gesman steamer Islar koman ilia captain flar clarksen ksen belong joe ing to tile the american packet company having on board arms and ammunition sent by tile the provisional government to cape Hai tieu had ben been stopped sept 2 by llie elie fai gunboat crete crele tt a at tile the entrance eal rance of the harbor ot of cape Ila ll ailien itlen and that an armed force seat on board the steamer from the gunboat took posses slon blon of tile the war munitions in spite spile of 0 the protestations prole of captain hansen and tile the german consul the crete a pierrot asit as a steel screw vessel of BW toos tons displacement she was armed with one 67 inch disc one 47 inch four 30 10 kloct two maxim machine guns and tour four Norden feldt machine guns guna the panthel is a steel cruiser of tons she was built at danzig in 1001 1901 and is aug feet long she is armed with six 34 boch quick firing guns six kix 14 inch and two machine guns the panther left germany july 9 for the caribbean sea the crew of the elie crele a pierrot left that vessel amid great disorder at the end of fifteen minutes the panther sent a small boat carrying one officer and twenty sailors who were to take possession of 0 the elie Firmi ulet gunboat when these men had arrived at a point poin I 1 about twenty yards from the Cr crele etea a pierrot Iier rot flames were seen to break out on board of her she had been fired by her crew before they left her the panther then thea fired on the vessel until she was completely immersed thirty shots all told were fired |
