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Navy's Showing In Battle Of Seas

A TRUE MEASURE of the progress of the Battle of the Atlantic, or more expressively, the "Battle of the Seas," says "The Times“ naval correspondent, is not a comparison of naval or` mercantile losses but how far we have succeeded in maintaining British sea traffic and sweeping the enemy from the seas.

Judged by that standard the Royal Navy, ably seconded by the R.A.F. in areas acces- sible to it, has well held its own.

Precise figures in this sphere have not until recently been made public, on the ground that they would be useful to the enemy, but in the last few days a report from Ankara through the Columbia Broadcasting System put the average recent weekly imports into Great Britain at 850,000 tons and the average losses of ships in convoy at no more than one in 240.

AXIS AIRCRAFT LOSSES

of war.

THESE FIGURES ARE AN IL- LUMINATING ANTIDOTE TO THE GERMAN PICTURE OF A STARVING BRITAIN AND AN OCEAN SWEPT CLEAR OF SHIPPING.

Chief agent of destruction at sen has been the U-boat, used from the first regardless of the fate of passengers or other non- combatent seafarers.

Its 'mitial advantage waned as the defensivo-measure of the con- voy was brought into 'Operation

the Asdic the U-boat met its match ap-but the depletion of British escort

craft caused by the defeat

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Sergeant Elliott, of the Royal Scots Regi- ment, was found shot dead in Barracks last night.

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the police.

The funeral takes place to-day.

FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILED

The Axis loss of 8,020 and in small craft equipped with 'planes (excluding proximately 4,000 destroy-France, together with the multi- ed by the Russians) is p'ication of the U-boats and the shown in an authoritative development by the enemy of a [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] new technique of combined air THE VERNACULAR PRESS tabulated list of losses and underwater attack, swung the IN SHANGHAI REPORTS THAT A FREIGHT TRAIN BOUND during the first two years balance in the other direction.

FOR HANGCHOW FROM. SHANGHAI WAS DERAILED The figures well Illustrate the

YESTERDAY WHEN CHINESE succussive phases of the R.A.F. Only of recent months has #GUERILLAS REMOVED 100 and German offensives.

been redressed as escort craft FEET OF TRACKS SLEEPERS. Thus, during 1940, which in-again multiplied with the matu Eight coaches are said to have cluded the Battle of Britain, the ing of the building programme be-overturned but casualties are not Axis lost over and round Britain gun at the outbreak of war and | reported. Passengers were com- 3.038 planes against 847 R.A.F. the development of new methodspelled to walk some distance and

During 1941 the figures for this against the raider at sea.

the train schedule was disrupted. are even more striking. The Axis In this, the second year of war. International News Service. lost 568 against the R.A.F. fuss yet other forces preyed on British of only 39.

shipping but they too have been well held.

Figures for the western front campaign are 374 R.A.F.

The "Lutzow" and "Admiral Scheer," sister ships of the "Graf Spee," were both torpe.

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REAL RESULTS

The Scandinavian campaign in

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The U.S. Navy yesterday re- sulted in almost equal losses, the doed and severely damaged In ported "real results" from the Axis losing 56 and the R.A.F. 55. attempts to regain the open sea. shipbuilding programme. A total The growing weight of the The heavy cruiser "Hipper" of 213 ships of all types have been R.A.F. offensive against German|found her quarry too well defend- occupied territories in strikingly ed last Christmas Day when she shown by comparative figures. attacked a convoy in the Atlantic.

During 1939 in, this theatre

the Axle lost 20, the R.A.F, 26. In 1940 R.A.F. lósses had risen to

Brest Tie-Up

349 against the Axia 45 but in The battleships "Scharnhorst" spite of the sustained and In. fand "Gneisenau." had the same croaging R.A.F. offensive the experience three months later and figures during 1941 show a huge were chased into. Brest by naval proportionate swing in the forces, to be kept there ever since Brliish favour, the Axis having by the effects of R.A.F. bombing, lost as many, as 625. against the British959...

The dominance of the R.A.F. the Middle East is shown by the figures for .1940 and: 1941.

The fate of the "Bismarck, the world's most powerful bat- intleship, when she' attempted a similar raid in May, will be fresh in the minds of all; her consort, the cruiser "Prinz Eugen," could only profit by the British pre- occupation with the bigger ship to emulate the expedient of the other battleships and she too has taken cover at Brest.

During 1940 the Axis, lost 421 against the R.A.F. 78 (including of course the Imperial air forces operating in conjunction.)

So far in 1941 the Axis have lost 1,666 against the RA.F. only 305,

Most telling figures, however, are perhaps provided by the Royal Navy which, since the out- break of war, has shot down. 563: Axis 'planes, suffering themselves. not a single loss.

Final: summary of figures shows R.A.F. losses since the outbreak ofavar 3,089 against the Axis losses: of approximately 12,020 heartening proportion of one to four-British Wireless.

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In the Mediterranean the re- sulta. have... been, hardly, less declaive and the ascendancy over the Italian fleet' asserted by Admirala. Cunningham and Somerville has been urimis- takeable..

Crete Losses

The losses of Crete increased the British difficulties in the east. ern basin but while British con- | voys have been taken through whenever the need has arisen, Italian communications both with Tripoll and with the Italian garris:

CHARGES AGAINST sons installed by German; favour

TITLEBAUM

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"). It is revealed in Shanghai. that Sam Titlebaum was listed in police recorda at, San Antonio, Texas, on charges, of forgery on May 10, 1932

in the Aegean Islandt- have been increasingly harassed by British Fair and underwater attacks.

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FRENCH TO CLOSE CONSULATE

.... It is not certain yet whother The French consulate-general Titlebaum, who is charged with in Batavia will be closed very the theft of U.S. guns and am-shortly, it is learned. The acting munition, intends to maintain the consul general, M. Gassouin, will plea of guilty entered when he leave for another post in tha was first arraigned but the trial Pacific area while the vice-consul, is not due for several weeks yet. M. Detrie, is also leaving. -International News Service. ·Reuter,

completed or put into service since January and the keels laid of 436 of all classes ranging from tugs to battleships. -Interna- tional News Service.

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