Mr. Chatterton's account of this battle which, incidentally. was the beginning of the end of German supremacy in East Africa, is perfectly true, full of rich detail and decide unbiassed, yet presented in that will Surely make the reader born until the day she passed away in the hands of the merciless and unromantic shipbreakers, The author has done his job thoroughly, delved into official documents, held personal conversations with officers and members of Severn's crew, had recourse to both British and German diaries, and from these and other sources has narrated a story that for fullness and excite-"ment must certainly be rated as a unique history of its kind.
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