London, May 24.
AS Britain enjoyed its thirteenth raid-free night, the "News Chronicle" today swept aside authoritative the-orles that the lull was due to the weather and suggested that the Luftwaffe was preparing again change its raiding tactics and perhaps resume its large-scale daylight attacks.
"During the first seven nights of this month they lost at least 183 bom. bers. During at, least two of those nights the number of German raiders brought down represented something Wee ten per cent of the number in operation and a heavy loss of trained men—at least "600,"—The, Air and Public Security Ministries announced today' that there was very slight German aerial activity over Britain last, night, with a few bombs dropped. The bombs, added the effigial announcement. caused little damage and only a small number of castalities—United Press.
He added that a number of German merchant Vessels, for example the Columbus, have fallen victims of this system. "Nobody can expect a German warship commander to look on idly while an American warship communicates the position of his ship to the British Admiralty, "Aet of War"
"Such procedure must be regarded act of war....and a German commander would be justified to act in accordance with the rules of nav warfare and force the ship in question, {0 cease Its hostile activity."
Recalling that neutral shipping has been warned against sailing with dimmed or blacked-out lights, Grand Admiral Roeder asserted that this also holds true in the case of neutral Warships. He warned that belligerent warships, In the interests of their own security, will open fire at once fon such vessels which can be deem-wa Enemy Vessels Sunk London. May 2
British submarines have sunk troopship and a tanker and probably so a destroyer on the line of the enemy's communications to Libya.
Announcing these achievements. an Admiralty communique says: Further successes have been reported by Our submarines operating against the enemy's. sea" communications [Libya A troopship of 8.000 tons and tanker. of about 7,000 tons have Been sunt An Talian destroyer of Deen hit by a tornado a con sidered probable that she has sunk.
large schooner of n type used by the enemy for carrying ammunition has been sunk. and a somewhat smaller schooner has been shelled while at anchor and hit several London. May 25.
"The first official German' reference [to Aghting in Crete is made ina special German High Command an= nouncement which states. "Since the eerly morning hours of May 20 Ger= man parachutist and air-borne troops have been landing on the island of Crete in a battle against" British forces.
"In daring altacke from the air. sun-ported by fighter and bomber forma-ons, they captured points of strategle importance. Afler further reinforcements by Army formations the German troops took the offensive. The western part of the island is already innly in. German hands.
"The German Luftwaife sonk and damaged a large "number of enemy worships and achieved fir mastery. lover the entire battle aren. The whole operations continue recording to plan.
"A statement by Mr. Churchill that JGerman reaps were dropped.
(Crete in New Zealand uniforms is un-parachutists not International law. German supreme command will order due re-imber
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