SUBMARINE WARFARE.
' DISCOVERY OF U-BOAT BA'SEv : ' |
(Australian and N-.Z. Gable Association.) j • (Received- July 3; 8.50 • " ■'"•■'■ •■ ; ■■ . ■■• NEW -YOttEv- Jvily 2. • Tlie^AVorld-: states' that officers ''of ' an American steamer arriving 1 at an-Ameri-can poiit -report that British patrollers located -a:< Urboat. .base a- fortnight ago ; . U-boat suppliers | were Ishot and oil and other supplies confiscated. It- is believed' tliat-; the movements of- Allied ships, were'^reported to the" U-boats from i base m New York-. -• •• ■.■'•: - The Herald's Washington r corresponpdeht x says that 'at. the termination of five months' -wirestricted-'^ -siibmarining "thfe naval officers- estimate- -that* the w -result is far /s*hort of Germany's programme; one million tons 1^ -monthly.-:- He declares that 'the total,- tonnage lost m, -the. first year" does not exceed: foup'.' millions,while three millions of tonnage was', constructed m the^saine-peiiiod.i.'' •' r '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14340, 3 July 1917, Page 5
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133SUBMARINE WARFARE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14340, 3 July 1917, Page 5
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