Although there have been a. num-of exaggerated reports retarding Butch mercantile. losses, the. facts are that the convoy system up to the Present has worked very well 2 Brig 5 per cent. of the total Br tentage hich was afloat on the 0 oni of war filed to reach its des Uimtion at British ports. Up. to noon on "eter 8, 24 neviral ships fetaling S006. tons, "were hrough: heard of wars OF these shonin, boarded German steamer today to. return to the Reich. Other hipd are walling, and thousands of Gutman are assembled here ready 60,000 Germans Leave Laty Riga, Oct. 11 Fourteen German ships have arrived 2 Rigs, Libau and other Latvian ports to evacuate 60.000 Germans Reuter.
Iships twelve, totalling 24.139 tons, were sunk by German U-boats; seven, totalling 25,165 tons, by mines and few from other causes. One. ship 8 stink at Singapore through striking a mine as a result of the master disregarding British instructions, From October 6 10 October. toss than 61 ships were brought contraband control bases. In sate of bad weather the number of ships dis~ charged daily. is satisfactory and there. is no unreasonable delay.
Two minesweepers were at locked Joy bombers off the East Coast recently, but no losses were sustained by either side—Reuter.
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