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Thursday 27 December 2012

German gunboat Iltis bombarding Chinese fortress at Hove according to the Dutch newspaper Tilburgsche courant dated 13 June 1895

An item reported that the Chinese fortress at Hobe fired at the steamship Arhur with on board Tang. On board were seven men killed and another 17 wounded. The German gunboat Iltis returned the fire killing 13 men to the Chinese side.

Note
1. Laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft in Danzig in 1877, launched on 18 September 1878 and commissioned two years later.