Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-10-18 | Page 1 | British Say Nazi Fleet Fled Sea Battle

British Say Soy Nazi Fleet j Fled Sea Battle LONDON Oct 18 A WV-A P A flotilla flotilla flo flo- tilla Ulla of German destroyers rs retired re retired tired precipitately without damaging damaging dam dam- aging any British vessel when a British unit attempted to engage in battle miles mUes southwest of Lands Land's End the admiralty an ann announced announced an- an n Friday aThe a The admiralty declared that the theA A l German Gennan flotilla of four destroyers 9 i escaped into the nazi held naval i base of Brest on the French trench j coast in the fading light of day The admiralty's statement was the British version of a brush which the German high command declared had occurred at the i 1 mouth of the Bristol channel re resulting re- re i suIting in the the- torpedoing of one fo British vessel cue and compelling the t British force lorce to flee Ike