London, Feb. 24.
'APORTS were current in London last night that four more U-boats have been sunk, but no official details are available. It is understood that the Royal Air Force played an important part in the sinking of three of them. Two of the submarines were reported to have been sunk in the North Sea, a third off Scotland, and the fourth was stated to have been rammed by a steamer off the Shetlands.
German anti-aircraft guns went into action without success against British planes which flew. over Austria and Bohemia on Thursday, according to Reuter's correspondent with the Royal Air Force. The guns failed to score a hit, as the planes twisted and turned. No German fighter planes were seen.
The airmen, who return to France, reveal that leaflets were dropped on Vienna. This was the second occasion that British machines penetrated London, Feb. 24.
Bombs exploded in two cinemas at Londonderry, North Treland, last night. The proprietors of the movie houses had been warned by the Irish Republican Army recently to refrain from showing any films on British propaganda. Damage was slight and there were no casualties.—Havas.
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