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Download original document at the bottom of the page. Herbertshohe. PRESS BUREAU, Sunday. The Secretary of the Admiralty announces that a further telegram has been received from Rear-Admiral Sir G. Patey stating that after fighting for eighteen hours over six miles of bush the Australian Naval Reserve forces captured the wireless telegraph station at Herbertshohe at 1 a. m. on the 12th inst. (Saturday). The wireless tower and station were damaged by the enemy, and will be out of action for some time. The casualties are as follows :— Killed. Lieut.-Commander Chas. B. Ellwell, R.N. ; Captain B. A. Pockley, R.A.M.C. ; four seamen of the Australian Naval Reserve. Wounded Lieutenant Rowland G. Bowen, R. A. Navy ; three seamen of the Australian Naval Reserve. The German casualties are not definitely known, but include between twenty and thirty killed. Two German officers were taken prisoners, including the Commandant, together with fifteen German non-commissioned officers and fifty-six native police. View And Download Original Document |