Valencia, June 23.
In addition to the British vessel Thorpeness, which was bombed and sunk off Valencia harbour yesterday morning, another British steamer the Sunion, owned by the African and Continental Steamship Company, way bombed and sunk by Spanish Nationalist war planes.
After picking up the captain of the Thorpeness, the Sunion was bombed in another raid, All officers and members of the crew were rescued.
Valencia suffered four raids in twelve hours yesterday.
A seaplane, it was learned, intercepted the British steamer African Trader on the high seas last night and ordered her to Palma. In response to a subsequent appeal for help, the British destroyer Imogen (1,370 tons) of the 3rd Flotilla, in the Mediterranean, dashed to the African Trader's. assistance.
According to the Spanish Press Agency, a Nationalist armed trawler attacked the British steamer Stan-wold in the Straits of Gibraltar. The trawler fired several shots at the British vessel, but she was not hit and reached Gibraltar safely—Reuter. Barcelona, June 22.
Foreign planes in the service of the Nationalist forces bombed and sank the British vessel Thorpeness in Valencia harbour this morning. The French ship Somnion was hit during the raid, the official despatch adds—Havas.
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