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Show DARING ATTEMUT OF ; DARING ATTEMPT OF LONDON. May 7 . (Mail ) A daring dar-ing attempt to escape from England bv crossing the English channel in an or dlnary rowboat was made the other day by two escaped German prisoners They were caught on a dark night by a patrol at a point on the coast nearest Zeebrugge, their objective. The prisoners who were dressed as seafaring men. wearing blue serge suits and high boots, had traveled about sixty miles from their camp near Salisbury Plain. One who spoke English Eng-lish fluently, made no secret of their intention. When searched they had between ihem nearly the equivalent of $5 in silver. About a mile along the beach from the spot where they wore raptured they had concealed, beneath a boat, bags of biscuits, together with bread and trull, a razor, shaving brush and a large bottle of water. |