London, Mar. 3.
Anti-aircraft batteries near the esruary of the Thames went into action against enemy planes last night and compelled them to turn tail and flee.
Four German planes which bomibed merchant vessels in the North Sea yesterday evening were repelled.
The German claim that a number of British vessels were sunk yesterday by German planes was termed sheer exaggeration in official quarters here, "If these absurdities are believed by the German High Command, it: is hardly in the British interest to deceive them," a high official stated, "Actual figures of losses on sea are given in the weekly returns.—Havas,
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