London, Jan. 23.
During the week ending January 21 four British merchant vessels with a total tonnage of 23,843 were sunk by the enemy, it is authoritatively stated here. Neutral countries, in the same period, lost eleven ships totalling 35,248 tons. The combined loss of Great Britain and the neutrals represents but two per cent. of the total. number of ships escorted by British convoys.
During the same week, Germany lost three merchant vessels, these being the Albert Janus (1,598 tons) which was scuttled by h w when hailed by French warships, the August Thyssen (2,342 tons) which struck a mine off Sweden and the Phaedra (699 tons) which tured by a British warship to a port in England.—Havas.
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