AXIS VESSELS ROUTED
Clash In English Channel (British Official Wirelees and Press Assn.i RUGBY, May 14, While on offensive patrol in the English Channel early on Saturday morning, the French destroyer La Combattante encountered and engaged a strong force of E-boats about 25 miles southeast of tlie Isle of Wight, states an Admiralty communique. During a brisk action one E-boat was sunk and a second damaged. The remainder escaped at high speed under cover of smoke. A number of survivors from the destroyed E-boat were picked up by the destroyer, which returned to harbour without suffering casualties or damage.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 195, 16 May 1944, Page 6
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99AXIS VESSELS ROUTED Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 195, 16 May 1944, Page 6
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