Passenger in s, Formose Describes Chase of Graf Spee by British Cruiser Montevideo, Dec. 15.
A vivid description of the naval battle between the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the three British cruisers was given here today by M. Edouard Legris, the Director of e Havas News Agency's Montevideo branch, who was on board the French steamer Formose at the time of the battle.
"We left Lo Havre on November 11 for Rio de la Plata joining a merchant convoy protected by French warships," he said. "Later, we travelled alone. The lights were put out every night. As we were sailing on the high seas yesterday our wireless operator said he had just heard a radio message from the Admiral Graf Spee warning the British cruiser Ajax to save the crew of a British cargo vessel which the German had just sunk. This was at 11 a.m. A few minutes later, a neutral vessel gave the position of the battleship which happened to be only thirty miles away from us.
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