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Show EIGHTEEN BRITISH VESSELS SENT DOWN iyVDOX. March 6. Kichteen British merefcantmen were Bunk by mine or submarine sub-marine In the last week, aceordimr to the aonur.iltv report tonieht. Of these, twelve were ve"e:s of 1'0 tons or over. Bbt be-inK be-inK under that tonnage. No fishing craft were sunk. L . jriws of British merchantmen at no'ris o'f'the 1'nited Kingdom. 2015; sall-lnc-i. 1!2''j9. Merchantmen unsuccessfully attacked, six. The looses to British shipping In the Hut week were the same a." In the previous pre-vious week with respect to ttie number of merchantmen sunk. In the pr ev oua , week however, fourteen of the eighteen vessels destroyed were of more than 1000 I tons. - |