SAFE ARRIVAL
CONVOY FROM RUSSIA “WOLF PACK” ESCAPED (British Official Wireless.) (2 p.m.) RUGBY Aug. 14 A convoy from Russia, which has arrived safely at a British port had to fight off a “wolf pack formation of German submarines which dogged the merchant ships for days. The first attack, made in daylight, ■was beaten off. The submarines attacked next day from close range and the convoy replied With depth charges which drove the submarines off. Two days later they attacked again, but the convoy came through.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20864, 17 August 1942, Page 5
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