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1906, Vance, L.J & Edwards, H.C. , The Private War

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The Private War – Being the Truth about Gordon Traill – His Personal Statement by Louis Joseph Vance and H. C. Edwards, 1906, D. Appleton & Co

An expose style account of mysterious confrontations with the German Navy in the North Sea that makes reference to the Dogger Bank Incident.

Full text at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435075846964&view=2up&seq=8

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Bulfin, A. , 2018, Gothic Invasions
1906, Holt White, W. , The Earthquake

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