BATTLE OF ATLANTIC

Grey River Argus, 21 October 1943, Page 5

BATTLE OF ATLANTIC

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.

“Only three ships were lost witnin three hundred miles of the Atlantic coast from Canada to Florida since July 1942, while during the first five months of 1942 half the world’s smicings occurred in this area," said ViceAdmiral Adolphus Andrews, Commander of the eastern Sea Frontier, at a press conference He explained that only twenty small surface vessels were available on December 7, 1941, with neither speed nor nrepower to fight U-boats. Moreover, the Air Force’s trained personnel was sadly lacking. However the situation was entirely different to-day. the east coast was now able to meet any contingency of submarine activity.