St. Jean de Luz, July 29.
A mysterious submarine to-day attacked three Republican tankers off the French fishing port of Grauduroi, setting fire to one and forcing the two others to retreat to French terriional waters, The Nationalist cruiser Canarias captured the French coastal steamer Rin and conducted it to Palma de Majorca, where the crew were imprisoned A Nationalist aeroplane was reported to-day to have machinegunned the French steamer Jacques Schiaffind while arriving at Soto from Bougie, Algeria, Eight French warships led by the Bretagne and four British ships, including H.M.S. Royal Oak, thereupon assembled at St, Jean de Luz.
The warships intend remaining outside Spanish waters, Five Nationalist warships were off Santander and Gijon.—United Press,
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