Authoritative cites tu Hendon today, commenting on the German High Command claim to have sunk 679,240 tons of shipping in the last three weeks of July, slate that once again the truth Is multiplied nearly "The actual figures," they declare, "are as follows: British and neutral merchant shipping sunk during the three weeks from July 7 to. July 20 totals 196,112 tons, of which British shipping accounts for 130,141 tons. These gures cover all losses, whether by torpedo or aerial oF
It ig added that the "habitual Inacouracy of Germany's Aqures may not be wholly deliberate, partly due to the reliance the High Command places on the word of tip-and-run attackers, many of whom cannot possibly be aware of the tonnage figures of ships they attack, or the results they attain."—Reuter,
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