THE PIRATE FLEET HARD AT WORK.
TONNAGE SUNK IN 24 HOURS TOTALS 54,000. LONDON. February 8. The loss, through submarines, of 23 vessels, aggregating 54,700 tons, has been reported in 24 hours. Of these 13 were British vessels. The losses for February thus far are 54 vessels, compared with 118 vessels, of 255,648 tons, in January. M. Marcel Hutin states that the entire German submarine fleet »ts hard at work. A number of ships have been sunk on the French coast. THURSDAY'S TOLL TOTALS 20,000 TONS.
["Tha Time*. "J (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON. February 8. To-days sinkings totalled ten vessels, having an aggre_ate tonnage of twenty thousand.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 35, 9 February 1917, Page 5
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