London, Oct, 25.
It_was officially confirmed today that ye British merchant ships, with a total displacement of 22,700' tons, were recently sunk. The five includ~ Jed the following vessels:
Ledbriry, the whole of whose crew Jot 31 was saved; Stonegate, whose crew was rescued lby the American liner City of Flint, Jwhich was later captured by a Ger-than cruiser and escorted "to Mur-
Tama, 31 members of whose crow of 35 were s*portea to have been reseed although their whereabouts were as yet unknown:
Meninridge, only five members of whose crow were to date reported to have been saved; Clan Chisholm, from which 69 Las-lears and 18 Europeans were saved, ]while 20 persons were lost—Havas,
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