1914年9月7日早晨,德軍紐倫堡號小巡洋艦在掛著法國國旗的偽裝下接近范寧島。工作人員注意到了法國國旗,於是在旗桿上懸掛了英國國旗。而當這些人注意到那是偽裝時,德軍水兵已經成功登島。當地指揮官在要被德軍抓住時,向蘇瓦發出警告:「是紐倫堡號;他們正在開火。」(It's the Nürnberg; they are firing.)[5]
^Taltavall, J.B. How the Fanning Island Cable Station Was Captured and Destroyed by the Germans. Telegraph and Telephone Age 32 21. New York, New York. 1914-11-01: 586.
^Taltavall, J.B. How the Fanning Island Cable Station Was Captured and Destroyed by the Germans. Telegraph and Telephone Age 32 21. New York, New York. 1914-11-01: 587.
參考
Halpern, Paul G. A Naval History of World War I. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. 1995. ISBN 1-55750-352-4.
Herwig, Holger. "Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy 1888–1918. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books. 1980. ISBN 978-1-57392-286-9.
延伸閱讀
Gray, J.A.C. Amerika Samoa, A History of American Samoa and its United States Naval Administration. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute. 1960.