THREE BY NAVY

Grey River Argus, 7 September 1939, Page 7

THREE BY NAVY

SEVERAL BY U BOATS Effect of Raid on German ’ Base [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] (Recd. Sept. 7, 1.5 a.m.) LONDON, September 6. An official bulletin issued at 2.20 to-dayj says:— Firstly: There is reason to believed that Royal Air Force attacks on German naval units were moire successful than was originally reported. Secondly: Three German shipis which might be converted into armed raiders have been destroyed in the Atlantic and the safety of their crews provided for. Thirdly: German submarines have attacked and sunk several British merchantmen. Fourthly: Germany has announced the laying of minefields which already have claimed two neutral ships—a Danish fishingboat and a Greek merchantman. It is officially announced, that the German ship, Carl Fritzen, has been sunk. The crew is safe. The Carl Fritzen was of 6,593 tons gross, and is reported to have been bound from Schiedam (Holland) for Canada and for Buenos Aires.

War on U Boats BY THE NAVY. FOLLOWING ATTACKS ON BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS. (Received September 7, 1 a.m.) LONDON, September 6. It is announced that British warships have attacked German submarines at several places as the beginning of a determined effort to drive them out of the North Sea, the English Channel, and European and Atlantic waters. The attacks on the U boats follow on attacks they have made on several British merchantmen. ) FREIGHTER SUNK. LONDON, September 5. The Cunard cargo-liner, Bosnia, 2,400 tons, has been sunk. All hands were rescued by the Norwegian tanker Eidenger, but a fireman named Woods is dead. Submarine Convoy FOR GERMAN LINER. (Received September 6, 11.52 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 6. Seven hundred and fifty Americans wh 0 disembarked at Havana from the German cruise ship Columbus reported that the liner had been convoyed through the West Indies by a German cubmarine.