London, Feb. 18. Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm have sunk a German merchant ship and an Italian supply stib in the central Mediterranean, and damaged an Italian supply ship and èn Italian auxiliary warship in the same area. issued by the admire merchant has been the central An supply skip of about 9,000 t luily attacked s last seen settling cown by the stern with large clouds of smoke rising from her. The crew were seen abandoning the ship.
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Figures issued by the Admiralty show that in just over four weeks German and Italian shipping losses have amounted to the huge total of 257,000 tons.
The Germans have lost 73,600 tons and the Italians 170,000 tons, which, together with enemy-controlled neutral shipping brings the total up to 287,000 tons. Since the war began, Germany and Italy have lost over 3,000,000 tons of shipping.—Reuter.
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