Five of the six German merchant ships which put out of Vigo harbour, fon the west coast of northern Spain, bout the middle of February ino desperate attempt to et back to the Reich have been captured or scuttled, French maritime quarters reported today, The five include the vessels Rostock, 2600 tons: Morea, 2000 tons: Waihere 4400 tons: Orizaba, 4350 tons; and Arala, 3400 tons. This sweep of Ger~ man vessels off the seas is sufeient refutation of German claims that the Allies de not enjoy mastery of the Tanker Torpedoed London, Mar. 7.
Atier being damaged "by an explosion in the English Channel Monday night, the s. Charles F. Meyer, 10,000-ton' of tanker, sueeceded making port, it Is learned. Reporters were told that the cause of the ex= plosion was not known A report received before the ship's arrival In port stated that it had been attacked, alter which the crew tode the bouts. Naval vessels and other ships answered an SES sent out by the tanker.
Another tanker, the San For 12842 tons, Mashed an SES yesterday lating she was torpedoed off Land! Eric, "according to a message from Berlin quoting an Amsterdam telegram to the offlial German news agenes neuter, Daring RAP. Flight Made Over Germa London, Mar. 7.
Flights carried out over Germany st Hight were anwng the most tensive of observation during the war, ea more thu 10,000 mites Ami the British despite I searehl format A heavy barrage of antisaireratt auinfire was put up over Bremen, bursts "or orange-coloured marked the course of on it few high ove tery of between chlights" sume into the pilots were able eve tee, Besnns ut ives ight the se ao yo occasions raders Wwere eld' in the converging lihts for nearly half note.
"rhe crew of the "plane which was fired on over, Bremen reported' they Saw to "planes tsi with tion lights: between 8200 and 10.000 {cet over HTelizolond Hight, but these rat id not altenspt to ati uss planes "Other planes ofer Tower an Heambnt eter. of Finland was made in two columns and now appeared to be aimed at Kelting a foothold close to Kotka and Frendvikshamn, the newspaper sad.
attacks were reported to be Touched fromthe. large" Rogland Island base, which the Soviel troops ook by naval action at the start the war—United Press.
Through the Ice Helsinki, Mar. 7.
Viipuri Bay has now fumed into a bloody battlefield, as the Russians fare exerting every' effort to gym foothold on: the shore.
Soviet batteries have moved forward over the lee, and are pouring projectiles against the Finnish positions. The Red Army is supported numerous tanks, which are dragging soldiers on sledges towards the: front tine, With Finnish artillery maintaining constant bombardment, and caus ing great holes in the. ice, many Russian tanks and complete infantry detachments have disappeared under the: water, While the Russians have been reorganizing their forees for a heavy attack on the left side of the bay, there has been a momentary pause in the drive on Viipuri itself, Tt is thought that this is only breathing space before a fresh often sive is Taunched, 'The Headquarters of the Finnish Army have reported Russian losses irom' the sth Tank Brigade, whose destruction was announced recently, totalled 2,050 men.
After repeated attacks on hospi~ tals by Soviet aircraft, it is learned that the Finns are removing the red crosses from all of them.
Strong Russian Infantry detach~ ments advancing eross the Bay provided an easy target for Finnish artillery and aviation. Russian planes made desperate but unsuccessful efforts to drive off repeated attacks fof the Finnish air force.
At all points where the Russians reached the shore, they, were driven Off, with "the "exception of two Toealities—Vibanlahtt and Kashasht~ nomi, Several dozen Russian tank: were' destroyed in heavy fighting it the Pollkala district, between Viipuri Vuoksen—Reuter,
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