military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (11/16/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Saturday, 16 November, 1940 Three German freighters leave Tampico, Mexico and attempt to run the British blockade. Two return to Tampico after failing to break through, while the third, the Phrygia, is scuttled as warships overtake her. Some sources believe, however, that the ships sighted by the German merchantmen were actually US Navy units on Neutrality Patrol. King George of Britain visits the city of Coventry. Spain rescinds her ban on US reporters. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "A real unpleasant night, and from midnight to close on 5 a.m. there was almost incessant bombing of the vicinity of the Rag. I got up to look out of the window; it was a wierd sight looking east to see the end of the street one blaze of flame." - From the diary of General Alan Brooke