Gibraltar, Dec. 7.
Four French destroyers are now taking turns patrolling the Straits of Gibraltar following no less than seven incidents between French merchant vessels and Nationalist Spanish trawlers during the past ten day:
Since November 28, seven French ships have been stopped in the Straits by Franco warships. This morning, the Grand Quevilly, en route from Oran to France, was stopped and ordered by armed trawlers to proceed to Ceuta.
In response to a wireless message, however, the destroyer Basque, ordered by the French Navy Office to protect French shipping in these waters, steamed to Ceuta and obtained the release of the French ship—Havas.
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