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Show LOSSES FRDffl THE U-BOAT ATTACKS i i LONDON, Nov. 17 (British Wireless Wire-less Service) Since Allied shipping has been convoyed on tho carious sea routes leading to the principal European Euro-pean ports, more than 20,000,000 tons of foodstuffs and 35,000,000 tons of war munitions have been brought to England alone The total number of vessels which ' ' -.irr-TECga i .ii.i I have crossed the seas in convoys since the inception, of the system up to a date late in October was SS.TTSwilh a total loss of 51 per cent. In moving the Argentine grain crop, 307 ships with a total gross tonnage of 1,460,000 tons, crossed the Atlantic in numerous convoys to British, French and Italian ports with the loss of only one ship. One of the largest convoys was organized or-ganized for the movement of Dominion Domin-ion troops and comprised 32 ships. The vessels were convoyed without loss from the Far East to European waters. wa-ters. oo |