Count Alfred von Niezychowski: in his thrilling lecture

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COUNT ALFRED VON NIEZYCHOWSKI IN HIS THRILLING LECTURE
ALFRED NIEZYCHOWSKI P.O. BOX 1129 DETROIT: MICH
THE CRUISE OF THE KRONPRINZ WILHELM
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1915


251 DAYS ON THE MYSTERY SHIP

Vessels Captured and Sunk by the KRONPRINZ WILHELM

Sept., 1914, S. S. Indian Prince
Oct., 1914, S. S. La Correntina
Oct., 1914, Four-Mast Bark, Union
Nov., 1914, Bark Anne De Bretagne
Dec., 1914, S. S. Bellevue
Dec., 1914, S. S. Mont Angel
Dec., 1914, S. S. Hemisphere
Jan., 1915, S. S. Potaro


Sinking of the Steamship Indian Prince




Without Loss of Life to PASSENGERS OR CREW

Jan., 1915, S. S. Highland Brae
Jan., 1915, Schooner Wilfred M.
Feb., 1915, Bark Semantha
Feb., 1915, S. S. Guadeloupe
Mar., 1915, S. S. Tamar
Mar., 1915, S. S. Coleby
VESSELS CAPTURED AND RELEASED
Aug., 1914, Schooner Pittan
Feb., 1915, S. S. Chasehill



Count Alfred Von Niezychowski Lectures onThe Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm

The Sinking of the British Steamship Hemisphere — 3486 Tons


COUNT ALFRED VON NIEZYCHOWSKI tells for the first time one of the most thrilling stories of the war—the 251 day voyage of the mystery ship, Kronprinz Wilhelm.  This gigantic German passenger liner was the terror of the Atlantic.  For nearly seven months she avoided the entire Allied fleet, sunk fourteen ships without losing the lives of any passengers, and finally with only twenty-five tons of coal in her bunkers she ran the Allied blockade and slipped into the navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia.



How the Kronprinz Wilhelm Became a Raider
On August 3rd, 1914, on as raw, gusty, drizzly and unpleasant a night as one may see, the Kronprinz Wilhelm weighed anchor and the great adventure began.  No lights showed as she left New York Harbor and sped off into the Atlantic.  Once out of sight of land, the work of camouflaging the ship began, and shortly after the German Cruiser Karlsruhe was met and Commander Thierfelder, who had charge of the Kronprinz during her voyage, came aboard.  Then the real adventure began.  Continually avoiding the Allied warships, the Kronprinz Wilhelm succeeded in sinking fourteen vessels, capturing thousands of tons of contraband material and all without the loss of a single life.

Count Alfred von Niezychowski (Niezy to his friends), Lieutenant on the Kronprinz Wilhelm, took snapshots of the Allied vessels.  He is now living in America and his recent book, copiously illustrated with photographs and entitled The Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm, brought to light for the first time the highlights of the cruise of the phantom ship.

Alfred von Niezychowski, a Polish count serving in the German navy, was in a difficult position at the outbreak of the war.  Both Germany and Russia wanted Poland and regardless of who won the war, his own beloved country could not benefit.

The story of his adventure as Lieutenant of the Kronprinz Wilhelm is one of the most interesting which has yet been presented on the lecture platform.  Colleges, clubs and schools alike should hear his lecture, The Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm, for not only is it full of thrills and excitement, but it offers really historical information on an episode in the World War not previously brought to light.


Sinking of the Bark Anne De Bretagne



Lieutenant Niezy with Krause (American Customs Officer) and Hoffmann







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Two Important Comments on COUNT NIEZYCHOWSKI and hisCRUISE of the KRONPRINZ WILHELM
Rear Admiral WALTER McLEAN (retired) U. S. N., says:—

Today, ten years after the World War, this book is something more than the record of an enemy raider.  It is a messenger of peace.  Count von Niezychowski's narrative, no doubt, will help to remove from the German naval men the stigma of pirates with which some of us, in the heat of war, were inclined to brand them.  It shows that Germany, in war, had the same sense of chivalry on which we prided ourselves, and which distinguishes civilized warfare from the fighting of barbarians.

COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNER says:—

I am glad, that the author happens to be a Pole.  Count Niezychowski spins his tale in a way that may carry more conviction to non-German peoples than if he were a Prussian or a Bavarian.  He writes like the jolly fellow that he is.

By Joe, I am glad this jolly Polish Count lived to tell his yarn instead of going down to Davy Jones with his pal Hoffmann.

Allied vessels of every description were on the lookout for her.  How she eluded them during a cruise of nearly 40,000 miles is astounding.

COUNT VON NIEZYCHOWSKI says:—

The Kronprinz Wilhelm was a recognized terror to her enemies and a source of military benefit to her Nation.  For 250 days she had cruised about, exposed to every inclemency of weather and war, without putting into any harbor.  In that time she had stopped 26 vessels, 14 of which, aggregating a tonnage of 58,201 tons, had been sunk.  She had covered a distance of 37,666 miles—over one and one-half times the circumference of the globe.  Such a terror to commerce had she become that every conceivable story was afloat concerning her.  The ship had thus for 250 days been a kind of mystery ship—a world known to ourselves and to ourselves alone.