HMS. Carnarvon Castle, auxiliary cruiser, was slightly damaged in an engagement with a heavily-armed German raider disguised as a merchant man in the south Atlantic yes terday, the, Admiralty announced today.
The Carnarvon Castle was lat works. Two bombs burst"on Tarte fire wat alo stagted at the
Toot and ong large explosion wae observed "A Stubsidiary factory wtaciuring. both. mato® endere nines, way attacked, Two tek of tombs burst diveetly" on' the. main Building, after which "glow "war Visible. tater could be. clear! eqn that an internat fire Was Four British Trawlers Lost on Duty London, Dec. 6.
Four Briti: h trawlers and one drifter wore recently lost through damage sustained when mine-sweeping.
The official Admiralty communique alludes to the fact that the German High Command lay continual stress upon minclaying round British ports. 'These ports and their approaches, slates the communique, are kept clear of mines from day to day by. the tenacity and courage of the' British the cruiser which earlier this week halted a Brazilian steam~ the Tape, off Brazilian waters and seized 22 German passengers.—United Press. fan caused a fow casualties, some of which were fatal," a communique reported.
Enrly in the evening, after the first alarm, German raiders demo-Hished four' houses in London's, out= skirts with high explosive bombs And trapped a number of persons in the debris, One south coast town was attacked fiercely for several hours last night, German planes coming in waves and dropping ares, incendiary and. high explosive bombs on a large part of the town. The raid caused a number of fires and extensive damage to, Houses, property and other buildings.
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