A Remarkable Camera Record of the Sinking of the German Cruiser Mainz off Heligoland August 28th 1914
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Titleː A Remarkable Camera Record of the Sinking of the German Cruiser Mainz off Heligoland August 28th 1914. A photograph taken from the deck of a British cruiser just before the Mainz sank, In the foreground British sailors watch the Mainz on fire.
The text indicates the photo was taken from the deck of one of the British cruisers present, and shows a British gun crew standing by their 6 inch gun. The Mainz is seen on fire, minus two after funnels and a mast, shortly before heeling over and sinking.
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"The Great War - Amalgamated Press. c1914." Illustration taken from The Great War - Amalgamated Press. c1914. The Great War series was published by the Amalgamated Press between 1914 and c1919-20. Editorsː Herbert Wrigley Wilson and John Alexander Hammerton.
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