London, Mar. 7.
The destroyers HMS. Blanche (1360 tons) and HMS. Brilliant (1,360 tons) of the 4th Flotilla, Home Fleet, were attacked at noon yesterday, "in the vicinity of a battle" off the Spanish coast, by five unidentified war planes, according to an announcement to-day by the Admiralty.
Several bombs were dropped, but rone of them hit either ship and no damage was done.
The announcement also said that the identity of the Spanish Natlonalist cruiser, which was attacked and sunk by a torpedo fired from a Republican warship yesterday, was undoubtedly the Baleares. The Bal-eares, which was a sister ship of the Canarias, was hit off the east coast of Spain, 70 miles off Cape Palos, and until now her identity had not been definitely established—Reuter.
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