An item dated Sydney, Australia 15th referred to tidings from Samoa reporting that the German gunboat Adler (1) did not bombard the town Apia but just fired at a war prow from Matasa (2) approaching Apia.(3)
Notes
1. Laid down by Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1882, launched on 3 November 1883, commissioned on 27 May 1984 and stranded in a hurricane off Apia, Samoa on 16 March 1889.
2. The Mataáfa Iosefo (1832-6 February 1912), a Paramount Chief of Samoa who was on the three candidates for the kingship of Samoa? He attacked Tamase who was supported by Germany even by a gunship when Tamase was forced to retreat.
3. Apia is the capital city of Samoa and between 1900-1919 the capital of German Samoa.
Notes
1. Laid down by Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1882, launched on 3 November 1883, commissioned on 27 May 1984 and stranded in a hurricane off Apia, Samoa on 16 March 1889.
2. The Mataáfa Iosefo (1832-6 February 1912), a Paramount Chief of Samoa who was on the three candidates for the kingship of Samoa? He attacked Tamase who was supported by Germany even by a gunship when Tamase was forced to retreat.
3. Apia is the capital city of Samoa and between 1900-1919 the capital of German Samoa.
