Continuing ceaseless war against Germany's. indiscriminate submarine eompaigh, it is estimated that British fand French ships have made at least Aidozen attacks on the under-sea crat within the last eight days. A number of these attacks have been successful, ud have almost certainly resulted in the sinking oF seriously damaging of the German raiders.
Yesterday the North Sea was the theatre of increasedly heavy aerial and naval activity. "British pursuit planes assumed the task of mounting luard on merchant convoys, while some planes made reconnaissance flights 9% far as Heligoland.
German planes were also at work. and bombed a number of ships near the coast of Scotland. and in the vicinity of the Norwegian coastline: Havas. chet-Battleship Abroad AMontevider, Fein. 21 Another German pocket battleship either the Admifal Scheer or the Deutschland, is believed to be ran; stripping tines, wai {o take revenge on merchant shippin for the sinking of the Admiral. Grat Spee, the news pa closed today. The ports this theory {freighter Lahn, which shortly' aft wards departed for Buenos Aires it is_ believed. has been the tark of refuel provisioning Havas, the German
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