The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15

It was announced that publica- tiop of shipping losses at regular intervals would be suspended In future because the information would be valuable to the enemy. Britain first announced shipping losses weekly; recently she has been announcing them monthly.
 The Admiralty put the war-long total of British, allied and neu- tral losses at I,73S ships and T.. lle,122 tons.
 British losses were l,O7s ships and 4,006,i32 tons, allied losses were 3S4 ships and l,40e,047 tons and neutral losses were 326 ships totaling Iy0i4,e43 tons.
 Total enemy shipping losses to July 10, including captured, sunk or scuttled ships, were estimated by the Admiralty at 3,30l ,000 tons.
 The Germans claimed to have sunk 776,2eS tons of shipping in June and the Italians 0e,600, the Admiralty said. These claims, it commented, represented 6 l65 per cent exaggeration according to British figures.
 British, French In Syria
 Vichy, July IS. = (UP) British and Free French troops will occupy all of Syria and Lebanon under terms of the convention ending hos- tilitieS in the nlandated territory, 1t was announced today.
 The agreement was signed last night at Acre, Palestine, by Gen. eral Joseph De Verdillac, acting for General Henri Dentz, French high commissioner, and General Henry Maitland Wilson, British commander.
 It provides that all French troops must be concentrated in six zones by noon today. They will remain under French officers until they are repatriated, except in the Jebel Druse section. There, for reasons of security, the French troops will be permitted to retain their arms until British forces relieve them. Honors of war will be accorded the Vichy French, and they will be per- mitted to retain their side arms. Prisoners of both sides will be freed ct once.
 French civilians and military off, cials will be given an alternative of joining the Allies cause or being repatriated. Officials will remain at their posts until they can be replaced.
 French hospitals, schools, and re- ligious missions will retain full rights.
 Public utilities, railroads and power stations will remain intact with their full personnel continuing work.
 All communications are to be sur rendered to the British intact. All ports will be handed over, including arsenals and all ships, including British vessels which had been in- termed by the French.
 BOmbers At It Again
 London, July IS. - (UP) = British planes dropped many tons of high explosive bombs and thousands of incendiary bombs on industrial areas of Bremen and Hanover, in Germany during the night, the air ministry said today of what was indicated to be one of the greatest air raids of the war.
 Extensive fires were started and considerable damage was done to docks at Bremen and industrial buildings at Hanover" an air min istry cornmunique said.
 Other targets in Northwest Ger many also were attacked, the nain- istry said, and 6 smaller force of bomber command planes raided docks at Rotterdam, Holland.
 Loas of five British planes was admitted.
 The great British raid came 3 few hours after Prime Minister Winston Churchill had promised taht Britain would continue its "sys- tematIc, scientific, methodleal" aerial offensive against Germany on en ever lneTeaslng scale.
 London, July iS. - GUP) = Fierce fighting continues on the Leningrmd and M0acow fronts, with the Russians holding their cwn against German attacks, Q Russian var eoInEnuniane broadcast by the Moscow Fadlo sala teddy.
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