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GERMAN SUBMARINE PIRACY

... PIRACY. The effect of the submarine campaign British shipping does not vary much from week week, either in the total traffic in the losses incurred. The latest return shows increase the number of ships loat by mine submarine, but the larger steamers sunk ...

Published: Saturday 21 April 1917
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 109 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ENOUGH SHIPS

... our troop transports during the Continental campaigns and on our coastwise shipping. Neither the troop movements nor the coast traffic were stopped, though have lost many ships. ...

Published: Saturday 05 October 1940
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 193 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BACK THE GREAT ATTACK

... BACK THE GREAT ATTACK Those were black days . . . proud ships lost . . . Hood , . . Repulse . . . Prince of Wales an army pushed back an air force fighting for its existence .. . and for ours. Then we halted. Stood firm. Hit back .. . giving blow ...

Published: Saturday 02 October 1943
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 204 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

ENEMY ANXIOUS TO SCORE BEFORE SNOW

... west of Ostelc and of il Lepre (west of Mt. Asolone) was promptly checked by our barrage. FEWER SHIPS LOST LAST WEEK. Last week’s figures of British shipping losses by enemy mines and submarines are better than for any week sinoe that ending November 18 ...

Published: Saturday 29 December 1917
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 209 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THRILLING DETAILS

... reported, whioh in proper time will bo investigated. Only one prisoner was in good black and fox terrier, saved from on® of the lost ships. The me® had kept him fat a* their own expense. One the British navail officers escaped and got away fifty miles, but was ...

Published: Saturday 29 April 1916
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 1354 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

tOje CbronirU

... present moment with some degree euccefcs. shall combat it preeently in on© or two ways —wo shall replace lost ships by ■ew beats, or we shall destroy the enemy’s •nder water craft by some more effective methods than those now in use. In Russia the attempt ...

Published: Saturday 11 August 1917
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 2015 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE PRIME MINISTER’ REVIEW

... strengthening lines and was as cheerful as ever. At sea we had taken toll of enemy submarines but had, on other hand, lost some merchant ships. Nothing, however, occurred to shake the country’s confidence in its ability to overc ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 596 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

BACK FROM THE DARDANELLES

... struck mine and was sunk, at the same time that the French ship “Bouvet,” and our own “Irresistible” were lost. .sties was rescued by the destroyer “Chelmar,” went aboard the “Lord Nelson,” on which ship he remained for 12 days, and now ait home a short leave ...

Published: Saturday 03 July 1915
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 1226 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Slj* (Eljtmude

... To-day, for example, the press making our flesh creep horrible stories of submarine sinkings trading vessels—we have lost 12 big ships this week against last—but were Americans would put disconcerting facts in sober type and load and scare head Sir Eric ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1918
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 1150 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE WORK CKP THE NAVY

... some three hundred. (Applause.) He was perfectly certain we should have invasion, of this country by any chance we lost few more ships, and now was the means this volunteer regiment to make themselves prepared to meet. it. It was a time when, every man ...

Published: Saturday 05 June 1915
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 1082 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE PRICE OF MILK

... from the Galatea, one of the light cruisers. “As was only natural, Beatty engaged them. In the first engagement we lost three good ships, the only important loss to the fleet excepting the men. We knew full well that we had to face great odds, but, being ...

Published: Saturday 17 June 1916
Newspaper: Chester Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 1617 | Page: 5 | Tags: none