London, Jan, 24.
Both the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe were grounded throughout last night (Thursday night), apparently due to severe weather conditions over the Continent.
This makes London's fourth successive night free of German air-raids—the longest spell of after-dark quiet in London since the beginning of the air attacks in September.
raiders were reported over other parts of Great Britain during the night, Except for the brief visit of a few German bombers to certain eastern counties on Wednesday night, the entire country has been free of night raids since Sunday night—United Press. and nine George Medals, the gazette 'Among those who went down with the Jervis Bay, there must have been many, and among the survivors others, whose gallantry, were the whole truth known, deserved decoration, 'The above appointments and' awards should be taken as an honour to the ship as well as those who earned them."
'The Jervis Bay was sunk when protecting a convoy of 38 ships in mid-Atlantic last, November against fan attack by a German raider. Her commander, Captain Fegen, who went down' with the ship, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Britain Has Lost Four Cruisers During War London, Jan, 25.
Britain so far has lost four cruisers proper and 11 armed merchant erulsers in the course of the war. These losses have been announced at the time by the Admiralty in accordance with the usual practice.
'A statement on cruiser losses was! issued yesterday by competent naval circles "in view of recent German claims that 16 British cruisers have' been sunk. Tt is pointed out that the enemy habitually slurs the distinction. Bebween armed merchant cruisers and
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