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Monday 26 September 2016

Japanese seized British blockade runner Eastrigg according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 10 February 1905

An item dated Tokyo, Japan 9th reported that the Japanese seized off the island Hokkaido the British steamship Eastrigg loaded with coals and bound for Vladivostok.(1)

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1. The Russo-Japanese war between 8 February 1904-5 September 1905.