Three Lowestoft smacks have been sunk. The crews have been landed.
The Italian sailing vessel Elissa (1,777 tons) has been sunk.
Three of the crew of the steamer Thornaby have been saved out of a total of twenty-three.
The mine sweeper, An Revoir, has been sunk. The crew were saved.
The Russian steamer Alexander y Wentzel (2,838 tons) has been sunk. Eighteen of the crew were drowned and eleven rescued.
Christiania, March 1.
Aircraft bombed the Norwegian steamer Modemi (1,481 tons), when she was on a voyage to England, without damaging her.
London, March 3.
In consequence of distorted German versions, the Admiralty publish the instructions governing the actions of armed merchantmen, which show that the armament is exclusively defensive.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.