The British steamer Pyrrhus, 7,418 tons, sunk light lives. of the Blue Funnel Line, was by enemy action in broad day-off the west coast of England With the loss of eight The missing men were Chinese A Yorkshire lifeboat returned to port last night after an unsuccessful search for the Latvian steamer Katvaldis, 3,000 tons, which had wirelessed state ing she was being bombed and planes, machine-gunned by two German
German planes attacked a British convoy yesterday, it was revealed last night. No damage was done either to merchantmen or warships, it was officially stated in London. Royal Air Force fighting planes went up, but were unable to make contact with the raiders, "we black planes, believed to be German, were seer off the Scottish coast early today. They turned towards the sea when British fighters appeared, Gunfire was heard.
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