SPRING OFFENSIVE
By the U-Boats NOW IN PROGRESS. (Received March 13, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, March 12. It is generally realised here that the heavy merchant ship, losses due to the enemy’s action during the week ending on March 2, has been the beginning of a spring offensive that was foreshadowed by Herr Hitler in his speech at the end of February. Firm confidence is expressed as to the ability of the Navy to deal with the situation as it has already dealt with a similar offensive earlier in the war. ■ Although this has been the third highest weekly total of tonnage lost since the outbreak of the war, it is noteworthy that the total loss in February was less than for last November, and for each of the five preceding months. LISBON. March 12. Sixty-three survivors from British ships which recently have been torpedoed in, the Atlantic have been landed from a Portuguese ship.
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Grey River Argus, 14 March 1941, Page 5
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