The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-08
MoEWE SEEKS SAFE PORT.
GERMAN RAIDER RETURNS
HOME WITH SPOILS OF WAR.
Commerce Destroyer Brings Ono
Short Of Two Hundred Prisoners
and One Million Marks-Twn un.
reported Captures Announced by
Staff.

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Berlin, March S (via LondOn) The
German commerce raider Moewe has
returned to German port with 1919
prisoners and 100000 marks in gold
bars, according to an official an
nouncement today by the naval gen.
eral staff. The statement follows:
"The naval general staff states that
HI. M. s. Moewe, commander Capt.
Burgrave Count Won Dohna- -Scholdien,
after successful cruise lasting sew
eral months, arrived today at some
home port with four British officers.
29 British marines and sailors, 166
men of crews Of enemy steamers,
among; them 1903 Indians, as prisoners
and 1,000,0 marks in gold bars.
"The vessel captured the following
enemy steamers, the greater part of
which were sunk ami a small part of
which were sent as prizes to neutral
ports: -
THE British stea mers Corbridge,
1857 tons; Author, 3.4S6 tons; Trader,
3-6os tons; Ariadne, S.OS5 tons; Dro-
monby, 3,627 tons; INarringford, 3,146
tonsi Clan rMacTavisll. 5,S16 tons; Ap-
pam. 7,7S1 tons: Westburn, $500
tons; Horace, 1895 tons: Flamenco,
1929 tons; Saxon Prince, 3,471 tons.
The British sailing vessel Edin.
burgh. 1,47a; the French steamer Ma
rpni, S10ss tons.
THE Belgian steamer Luxembourg
4,s22 tons.
"A several points on enemy coast
the Moewe also laid out mines to
(which, among others, the battleshir
King Edward VII foil victim"
Tao ;Moewe's capture of two of the
10 vessels listed by the German ad.
miralty has not been reported pre-
viously. They are the Saxon Prince
and the, ,Maroni, both engaged in the
Itrans-AtIantic service.
The Saxon Prince, S,471 tons gross
500 feet long and owned by the Prince
line of Newcastle, Eng, was built In
Sunderland in 1899. She was last re.
ported on sailing from Norfolk Feb.
ruary IL for Manchester.
The Maroni sailed February 10 from
Bordeaux for New York. She was
owned by the Compagnie Genera
Trans-Atlantique OF Hayre and wa,
tSl2 feet long and of s.109 tons gross
The Moewe. previously made IA.
nous by her xeploits, has performed
one of the most spectacular feats OF
the war on the seas by reaching q
home port in safety. The great Ger.
man naval port of wilhelmshaven i.
on the North sea, which is patrolled
with ceaseless vigilance by British
warships 1t is through these waters
which have been blocked off district.
for patrol by the different British
units that the Moewe must have
threaded her way.
At least part of the gold captured
Dy the Moewe was taken from the
Appam. which put In at Newport News
several weeks ago under command nj
Lieut.. Berg with a German prize crew
announcement was made in London
January 10 that the British battle.
ship King Edward VII had been blown
up by mine The place at which
the disaster occurred was not re-
veaied by the British admiralty. 1t
was said no lives were lost and only
two men were injured.
The Moewe first became famous
when the Appam reached Newport
News with story which astonished
the world. 1t was learned that the
commerce raider had captured and
sunk seven British vessels il, the main
line Of traffic between South Africa
and Europe in addition to the Appam
which had been almost given up for
lost.
The next heard Of the German raid
er was on the arrival at the Canary
islands late last month Of the Vest
burn in charge Of Il German prize
crew. 1t was then made known that
the Moewe had sunk five more steam
SHIPS Off the coast of Brazil.
The Saxon Prince mad Maroni prob
ably were sunk by the Moewe on her
way back to Germany as their sailing
dates show they were both or tho
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