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Show FOUR OF LARGEST U-BOATS SUNK BY U. S. WARSHIPS London, July 1C. Four of the largest and most modern German submarines were destroyed by American Ameri-can wnrshlps which wero convoying the first Installment of American troops to France, according to a report re-port from German sources as contained con-tained In a Berne dispatch to a Rome news agency and forwarded from Rome by the Central News, Toronto, July 1C. Tho Canadian freight steamship Mealord sank a submarine by gunfire In tho Mediterranean Medi-terranean Juno 12, nccordlng to official of-ficial Information from tho marina departments In London, convoyed today to-day to the Farrar Transportation company, Ltd., of this city, owner of tho Meaford. The gun crow or the freighter opened fire while tho submnrlno wns maneuvering for position po-sition from which to discharge :t torpedo. Tho Meaford, under charter char-ter to tho French government, wns on tho way from Swansea to Bona when the battle occurred. |