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Cap Trafalgar Destruction Reported

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1914

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill14 September 1914

South Atlantic · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Admiralty receives news that HMS Carmania has sunk the German auxiliary cruiser Cap Trafalgar.

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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