Captain Lettes Not Killed
A German gunboat captain reported dead in earlier dispatches from the Taku forts bombardment turns out to be alive and well.
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The Evening Bulletin · June 23, 1900 · Page 1
1 min readWesel, Prussia, June 22.
The relatives of Captain Lettes, commander of the German gunboat Iltis, reported in the United States to have succumbed to wounds received during the bombardment of the Taku forts, announce that they had a dispatch dated Chefoo, Thursday, June 21, saying the captain was in good health.
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