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Page 189
As I thought I had made clear to you , I had just visited these cruisers and found
the spirit of the people very good indeed . Well , it seems that I again failed to
make you understand , looking back over these four weeks during which I ' ve
been ...
As I thought I had made clear to you , I had just visited these cruisers and found
the spirit of the people very good indeed . Well , it seems that I again failed to
make you understand , looking back over these four weeks during which I ' ve
been ...
Page 193
In his cruiser flagship Nagara , with two transports and half a dozen destroyers ,
he had put his landing force ashore at Sanur ... The first wave , coming from
Tjilatjap , would be cruisers De Ruyter and Java , with destroyers Piet Hein and
USS ...
In his cruiser flagship Nagara , with two transports and half a dozen destroyers ,
he had put his landing force ashore at Sanur ... The first wave , coming from
Tjilatjap , would be cruisers De Ruyter and Java , with destroyers Piet Hein and
USS ...
Page 194
The Dutch cruisers sailed in , straightaway at a disadvantage in that the enemy
was against a mist - shrouded coastline while they were silhouetted against a
starlit sky . Little damage was done by and none to the cruisers , De Ruyter not
even ...
The Dutch cruisers sailed in , straightaway at a disadvantage in that the enemy
was against a mist - shrouded coastline while they were silhouetted against a
starlit sky . Little damage was done by and none to the cruisers , De Ruyter not
even ...
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| Title | Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War |
| Author | Kemp Tolley |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Naval Institute Press, 1973 |
| ISBN | 0870211323, 9780870211324 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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