Berlin, Feb. 17.
A British plane of the Bristol Blenheim type was shot down over the North Sea by a German pursuit plane yesterday, the High Command nnouneed today. "In the west, In patrol operations in the \Warndt forest, south-west of Saarbruecken, several prisoners were brought in, the—communique added—United Press.
London, Feb. 17.
Four Germans were reported killed and. five seriously wounded in the fighting in the Altmark. There was only one British casualty, the Admiralty reports. The British prisoners from the Altmark were removed to the Cossack, which is on its way home with other British vessels.
"The liberated prisoners state that during the Norwegian examination at Bergen, their efforts to. make their presence known were unheeded.
Tremendous cheering greeted the announcement of the Altmark exploit by Sir Samuel Hoare, Lord Privy Seal, in his speech at Nottingham to-platform," Sir Samuel said, "I heard Jot this gallant feat in the northern waters of Europe." The audience rose to its feet and cheered in a pro-Tonged burst of enthusiasm.
Some hours before the Allmark prisoners were due to land, two buses,
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