SUBMARINES & SHIPS
ENEMY'S SEVERE LOSSES FIRST LORD'S STATEMENT. IABS. AND N. 2. CABLE ASSN. AND SECIER.) LONDON, let November/ In the House of Commons, Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, reviewed the naval situation, and explained the measures taken, to increase the power and strengthen the control of the naval staff. He anticipated great advantage from the fact that the naval staff would be in' increasing personal touch, with the Grand Fleet and other naval command*. He justified ths'non-publication of the British tonnage sunk, because its publication would afford the enemy information which he would very'much like to obtain. 'He was able, however, to supplement Mr. Lloyd George's information to show that we were ma-king reasonably satisfactory progress in overcoming the submarine menace. Since the beginning of the war 40 to 50 per cent, of the enemy submarines operating in the North Sea, the Atlantic, and the Arctic Oceans had been sunk. The enemy in the la6t quarter lost as many submarines as during the whole.of 1916. ■
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 108, 3 November 1917, Page 7
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