The Archive · 1940

British Warship Sinks U-Boat

Oslo, Apr. 8.

A tanker of unknown nationality was torpedoed at 3.05 p.m. today off Rauer, near the Sanderfjords-fjord.

A British warship was reported today to have sunk a German U-boat off Lillesand in the Skaggerak area.

The submarine was reported sunk in battle between the warship, two submarines and several aeroplanes. Four bodies were beached at Lillesand. Their nationality could not be ascertained.

'A large German fleet was moving toward the north via Kattegat, an extra edition: of the "Dagbladet" said today. The fleet was said to consist of fifteen ships, most of which were reported to be steaming by the Great Belt while six vessels were said to be moving by Oersund.—United Press.

"The Allies, on the other hand, have, lever destroyed nor injured a single

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