It was presumed that the British Navy was throwing its powerful weight into the defence of the shore-line. Military experts doubted when ther Germany would be able to use ships big enough to put any strain on the British Fleet operating in waters around Crete.
On the other hand, they out, a few of the small craft which on the and at Nazi Convoys Sunk Or Dispersed London, May 22.
German landings in Crete by air are continuing, but attempts at a sea landing have hitherto been unsuccessful as convoys have been dispersed or sunk, according to the latest information reaching here from Cairo this afternoon.—Reuter.
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