The Archive · 1905

English Officers Captured by Bandits

ANOTHER MOORISH OUTRAGE — London vid Bombay, 18th Oolober — Captain Joh" E. Crowther, RIN

and Lieutenant Edward A. 8, Hatton, RM.LL, were captured by Anghera bandits between Tetuan and Tangier when returning from the stranded repair ship Assistance—Reuter. Later.

The " Daily Mail's" correspondent at Madrid says that the Moors, fearing an attack by a British torpedo-boat have released Captain Crowther and Lieutenant Hatton, who have arrived at Ceuta, The Moors fired upon H. M. destroyer Cherwell near Ceuta, bul lets piercing her funnel._—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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