ROUTES STILL OPEN
British Confidence in the Navy
(British Official Wireless.) (Received March 1, 1 p.m.) RUGBY, February 23. Lord Chatfield, speaking in Lonuon, referred to the occupation by the Germans of Calais, Brest, and other French ports, and the effect on British shipping. "British merchant ships are still passing up and down the Channel, despite every threat of the enemy," he said. A great attack on trade routes • must be expected in the next few months, he said. They must expect to see the losses of merchant ships go up and even seam alarming, but the nation must keep its confidence in the British Navy. He was confident that the British sailors would win through to victory. >
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 51, 1 March 1941, Page 9
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118ROUTES STILL OPEN Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 51, 1 March 1941, Page 9
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