Paris, Apr. 11.
There is no foundation for reports circulated by German Radio that the French battleship Dunkerque and the cruiser Foch were sunk in the North Sea, the French Admiralty announced this evening.
The Dunkerque, displacing 26,500 tons, is one of the newest in the French and among the speediest dreadnoughts in the world. She mounts main armament of eight 13- inch guns in quadrupe turrets. The cruiser Foch displaces 9,938 tons, was launched in 1929, has a top speed of 38 knots and carries main armament of eight 8-inch guns, The Premier, M. Paul Reynaud, today received M. Rene Massigli, French Ambassador to Turkey, and General Maxime Weygand, commander of the French Near Eastern forces who was erroneously reported to have left for Beirut on Tuesday. French Army leave was temporarily suspended today.—Havas.
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