1939-11-29 — Page 23

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BRITISH · 10,000-TON CRUISER SUNK FRENCH CAPTURE TWO CLAIMS GERMAN U-BOAT COMMANDER

PARIS, Nov. 28 (Router)-The capture of two German merchant vessels by the. French Navy is announced in an official communique.

One of the vessels was of 6,000 tons and the other of 4,500

They had apparently left a Spanish port, in which they had

sical through the blockade.

LIEUT. GUENTHER PRIEN, the youthful Nazi U-Boat Commander who claims to have. sunk the Royal Oak at Scapa Flow, has claimed another victim, which he describes as a 10,000-ton OUTSPOKEN tons. British cruiser of the London class, Naval circles in London do not confirm the claim. special commentary disclosos that it is probably another German exaggeration.

German CLAIM

Prien's

Victory Report

OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

But a

German LIES

British

British Planes Raid

Nazi Seaplane Base Losses

LONDON, Nov. 28 (Reuter).-Brief details of the raid by British aircraft on a German seaplane base on Borkum Island, at the entrance of the estuary of the River Ems, are given in on Air Ministry communique issuedto-night.

At Sea

DUTCHMEN sought refuge at the outbreak of war, in a desperate attempt to

Resentment At Nazi Mine Warfare

BPELIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 20 (Reu- ter).-Newspapers are becoming moře outspoken regarding the mine warfare, expressing alarm and indignation at the German interpretation of Holland's neu- trality and asking what Ger- many expects Holland to do.

There is a suspicion in official cir-¦ cles that Germany would like to see the Dutch Navy convoy German ex- ports in Dutch boats.

SIX U-BOATS SUNK

PARIS, Nov. 28 (UP).-French despatches say that French naval patrols, during the past ten days, havo sunk at least 6 German submarines. No details are given.

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marines, hitherto has not succeed- LONDON, Nov. 28 The base is used as a striking-, on the north-west coast on Monday BERLIN, Nov. 28 (UP). off point for German machines night was a failure. One raider was (Reuter).-A special com- the which have been active in the believed to have been forced down mentary states that -An official Nazi arinounce Shetlands, Firth of Forth and

and lost in the North Sea.

of exaggeration (The London Air Ministry earlier g70SS ment claims that a U-boat North Sea areas generally. announced a "successful" reconnals- German broadcasts regard- has torpedoed a destroyer Machine Guns And Bombs sance over north-west Germany last

ing the recent losses of and a heavy British cruiser The British planes swooped low night).

British merchant shipping and machine-gunned three Germon cast of the Shetland Islands.seaplanes resting on the water and

tral countries aro is revealed in the figures Naval circles in London aay they bombed the shore establishment.

Heavy anti-aircraft fire greeted "We have every reason to believe now published by the Ad- have absolutely no confirmation

the British craft but they pressed that we hold and can continue to miralty. of the Berlin claims.

home their attack and returned safely hold the submarine menace.. without 1053.

n further Other machines made successful reconnaissance Night over north-west Germany.

Can Defeat Minos SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Nov. 28, (Reuter)—

to deal with indiscriminata mine-

U-Boat Commander's Claim

"There is every reason to believe These figures show that losses BERLIN,

that we shall eventually and means for the week ending at midnight (UP),-An Nov, 20 official announcement here to-day calmed that a U-boat toinmanded

laying." declared Lord Stanhope, on November 25 totalled 11 ships by Lleutenant Guenther Prien, the

A German statement, admitting the Lord President of the Council, reply with a tonnage of 25,787. young rony checked "hero of Scapa British raid on Borkum Island, cisimsing to the debate on the King's Ad- Flow has sunt o 10,000-ton British that the British machines were driven dress in the House of Lords. cruiser of the London type-either off by A.A. fire before they

the Shropshire, Sussex, Devonshire

or London, all of which were car-drop any bombs.

pleted in 1829 and which carry n

normal complement of 650 men,

This loss would consiliute the tenth {

could

Nazi Version SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” BERLIN. Nov, 28. (UF).-It has

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British warship and the tenth German been officially announced that Royal OVER BRUSSELS

Borkum nerodrome.

The total losses since the beginning

of the war up to the same date are British; 78 vessels, 288,169 tons: French: ten vessels, 51.150 tons; and

cutral: 43 vessels, 144,592 tons. Comparison With 1917

In

...Those ...-Agurcs........mako-hutoresting. which month alone 190 British vessels with a total tonnage of 522,000 and 130 vessels in. all, of a total tonnage of 852,000, were sunk.

sea victory, according to Nazi claims. Air force planes this afternoon raided |-- BRUSSELS, Nov. 28 (Reuter).A comparison with April, 1917,

Carry Hoavy Armamont

"They were driven off by machine-A. guns opened fire to-day on several The London type of cruisers curry | gun fire without dropping any foreign planes which appeared high eight B-Inch guns, eight 4-inch, bombs," the report claims.

over. Brussels at noon. twenty emailer guns, eight torpedo i It is also officially announced that After a few minutes, the planes tubes and catapults for aircraft.

the "attempted Dritish air attack,"disappeared in a westerly direction.

The ship in question was apparently north of the Scapa Flow base in the Orkneys when she was "sunk."

Nazi's Outstanding Hero

Lieutenant Prien is a vigorous, handsome 30 year old cffleer. So far he is Germany's oululanding haval Hiero. He has been personally decorated by Hitler, and Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, praised his skill and daring in the House of Commions report on the sinking of II.M.S. Royal Oak, in which 810 British seamen lost their lives.

It muy he recalled the Lieutenant Prien was confident after the Scapa Flow raid that he had also destroyed

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"Nothing is Knowni

LONDON, Nov. 2B (Reuter) —The Ministry of Information states that nothing whatever is known in Landea about the German clory of the alleged sinking of a British cruiser.

Claims 700 Lives BERLIN, Nov. 20 (UP),—The German Admiralty claims that lives were lost when the "British cruler was torpedoed."

Emphatic Denial

700

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“ LONDON, Nov. 29, (Dame)--The British Admiralty carly this morning

tmphatic dental Issued an

of the German claims that a 10,000-ton -erulsor of the London type has been

sunk by a German submarine.

The Admiraljv`emen{20

acterises the German reports as without foundation.

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LONDON, Nov, 20 (Reuter)—It is officially announced. that the rallon Ing schema of bacon and butter will come into force on January 0.

The Initial quantities will be four: ources, each per person weekly.

Consumers are asked to register with retailers for sugar and to res- trict purchases to one pound weekly.

Netherlands Trade Mission Returns

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It is also pointed out in Londen that the recent tendency of U-boat commanders has bteri to uttack un- protected Ashing trawlers in areas where Immediate counter-action against submarine forces is not ex pected.

Although only four neutral ships were lost as the result of German action during, the past werk, neutral tonnuge suit was almost as great nas Bellish due to the sinking of large verstis, such as the Terusun! Mau, Grazia and Sliedrecht.

News of the sinking of the Sliedrecht was received only last weck.

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should render à good account of it- self.

The German military problem is how many divisions she dare send to Poland in order to try and get # quirk result and how few she can afford to leave holding the Siegfried Line against France and ourselves and provide a central reserve as well. Incidentally the French problem of watching her Alpino and Pyrences considerably frontiers

has been lightened by the recent course of

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Finally, it is worth remembering that all wars now are wars of petcol and oll, which is for Germany, a great dimculty. She has not got the petrol. for a long war unless she succeeds in obtaining access to the Rumanian petrol supply or Soviet Russia la prepared to supply hor extensive needa. Even if she were to obialri the whole of the output of the Rus manión ollfolds, it would be insuli- clent for her needs.

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expected manage. "The torpedoing by a German sub- a Dutch marine of the Sledrecht, ship, bound for neutral Norway. without the least help being offered to the crew, shows absolute minimum respect for neutral rights."

LONDON, Nov. 28 (Router)-—-—Mr. Herbert Morrison announced that the London County Council has decided to give £5,000 towards a fund to give children in the reception areas a' good },!1 time during Christrans

In making Londoners to contribute, the L. C. C. points out, that I the "children" return to 'London, they will be coming back into the danger area and the evacuation scheme will be

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