The Admiralty announced—fast night that a number of prisoners from German U-boats were landed at a Scottish port during the week-end. Their capture, it "was added, was the Festi of recent naval operations.
Britain has taken 10 U-boat soners, according to an authoritative Statement issued here today. The Statement claims that 33. German merchantmen have now been put out of action with a total tonnage of 171, 390 tons.
"Approximately 410 British lives! were lost through the sinking of merchant men, while only four Germans ost their lives and that was through /gun-fire from their own U-boat which attacked a German ship.
Since the outbreak of the war sixteen German merchant ships, with tonnage of $9,154 have" been captured by British forces, it is clamed in an oficial statement issued ast night. The French, it is added. have captured three German. merchant men, with a tovesige of 16.122, while Afleen, totalling 69425 ton have. been suk or scuttled. Thus the total tonnage of the German merchant ships claimed to have been captured or sunk is 149.201.
Tu the week ending December 2, Britain lost 23282 tons of shipping, representing six ships sunk. Neutral countries also lost six ships, with a. tonnage of 30,932 tons, The' tonnage ost in November was one third of that for September and this great decrease, It Is "launed. may Ve attributed to the fact that methods for mine-sweeping are more and more: effective and the Germans are being. Prevented from sowing as many. mines.
secret method for dealing with magnetic mines sown by aeroplanes, ft is stated. is gradually being increasingly used and is proving' very. satisfactory.
'Though it is dificult to estimate the number of U-brats actually sure. itis asserted by authoritative circles' that they are being sunk at a much more: rapid rate than the Germars can build new ones—Reuter.
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