Impression sketch
for 'Midnight Stowaways' by Jamie
With a history
spanning over 2000 years,
Sits the
Mediterranean port of Barcelona -
The third largest
in Spain - A port where
At midnight 31
March, into the 1 April,
The liner Maria
Teresa, lay at anchor.
In darkness of
the midnight hour,
Three shapes of
men were detected
By crew members
on night watch -
The three shapes
were trying to climb
Aboard, by means
of anchor chains.
Reacting to the
unlawful boarding,
The crewmembers
fired bullets
At the hovering
shapes - nearby,
The crew of Marques
de la Victoria
Heard and came to
give assistance.
Acting on the
sight of the three men,
Clinging to the
anchor chains, guards
Made maneuvers to
arrest them all -
To find two more
men in a small boat,
Who were about to make the attempt.
The Marques crew
took these men
To the Marine
Commandant - when
Then they were
interrogated - All five
Men being of
German origin, planned
To board the boat
to head for Genoa.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. Spanish
Liner - Germans Attempt to Board. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 2 Apr. P.9. Col.2. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11509871/Daily-Telegraph-April-2-1915.html
[Accessed: 2 April 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 2 April 2015).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11509871/Daily-Telegraph-April-2-1915.html
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