British-Nazi. Squadrons Said To Be Fighting

Northern Advocate, 27 May 1941, Page 5

British-Nazi . Squadrons Said To Be Fighting

(Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 27. 'J'HE OSLO RADIO STATED THAT A GERMAN SQUADRON, INCLUDING THE BISMARCK, IS NOW FIGHTING A SUPERIOR BRITISH SQUADRON IN DENMARK STRAIT, BETWEEN ICELAND AND GREENLAND. It was announced by the Admiralty last night that a torpedo bomber of the Fleet Air Arm scored a hit on the Bismarck. Since the action off the Greenland coast, when 11.M.5. Hood was sunk, the pursuit of the fleeing German ships has never been relaxed, and it continues.

j Good Chance Of Retribution j Some of Britain’s most powerful warships are believed to be pursuing in the North Atlantic, the German squadron which sank the Hood. Our chances of engaging the enemy arc considered exceptionally good, says the “Daily Express” naval correspondent. There is almost continuous daylight in the North Atlantic now. As it is feared that few. if any of the Hood’s complement survived, two towns in England are in mourning. . What is variously called a heavy calamity and a painful blow has brought more tragedy among the homes of blitzed Plymouth and Portsmouth. An Admiralty communique says that the chase in the North Atlantic is still continuing.