ATTACK ON CONVOY
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ANNOUNCED BY GERMAN HIGH COMMAND. IMPORTANT SUCCESS CLAIMED FOR U-BOATS. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, October 30. A German High Command announcement states that a group of U-boats, despite strong defenc.es, attacked a fully-laden convoy on its way to Britain in the North Atlantic, sank nine ships, totalling 68,000 tons and damaged others. Further operations are proceeding. Other U-boats, the announcement alleges, sank six ships, totalling 32,425 tons, on the supply route between Britain and America.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 October 1942, Page 3
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88ATTACK ON CONVOY Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 October 1942, Page 3
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