The Archive · 1910

THE KING'S ESCAPE

London, Oct. 8.

Telegrams from Lisbon state that the official account of the flight of the Portuguese Royal Family declares that the Republicans assured the King and Queen Amelia, at the eat opportunity, of their per-safety and placed a yacht at eir disposal. They did the same for the Duke of Oporto, though he had just been taken prisoner after fighting heroically in the streets at the head of the Royalists.

The Lisbon correspondent of Reuter's Agency reports that King Manoel quitted the Palace on Tuesday at midnight by a back door during the bombardment, and proceeded to ('intro und thence to Matra, where he joined his mother (Queen Amelia), and his grandmother (Qaren Maria Pia). All then hastened to Ericeira and there embarked on the yacht. Exclusive Service,

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